Early Missionary Bark Chapel
N 45° 51.048 W 084° 37.028
16T E 685004 N 5080231
One of the more busier places on the island has to be here as you walk to the fort from here. The marker has been gone for a long time per several conversations. If you find it please return it!
Waymark Code: WMRMCJ
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2016
Views: 8
According to descriptions by Jesuit missionaries, the bark chapels, which were built among the Indians of the Great Lakes looked like this. In such primitive huts, far from civilization, the courageous French "black robes" lived and sought to turn the minds of the savages to Christianity. One of this illustrious company, Father Claude Dablon, from the mission of Sault Ste. Marie, and later superior general of the Jesuits in Canada, wintered on Mackinac Island in 1670-71 and carried on missionary work here. It is in memory of these heroic pioneer priests that this reconstruction of a bark chapel is dedicated.
Parking nearby?: no
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Registered Site #: HB36
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
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website: Not listed
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