Sainte Anne Church
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N 45° 51.007 W 084° 36.701
16T E 685430 N 5080168
St. Anne Church is located on the East end of Main street on Mackinac Island.
Waymark Code: WM768F
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 09/08/2009
Views: 20
No cars so, parking isn't an issue. There are posts to tie up your horses, though.
The sign reads:
"In 1670, Jesuit Father Charles Dablon founded a birchbark mission chapel on Mackinac Island. The following year, Father Jacques Marquette relocated the mission at St. Ignace. Abandoned in 1706 and reestablished at Fort Michilimackinac around 1715, the new church was named Sainte Anne de Michilimackinac. During the winter of 1780 - 1781, British to the island and moved the church building across the ice. The church is the nation's oldest dedicated to Saint Anne, and maintains baptismal records dating from April 1695."
Historical Date: 04/01/1695
Historical Name: Father Charles Dablon
Parking nearby?: no
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: S0622
Description: Not listed
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