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 Marina Site – La Pointe, WI
N 46° 46.329 W 090° 46.909
15T E 669351 N 5182233
The Madeline Island Marina is located at the site of the Ojibway village and cemetery that dates back to the fur trade era of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Waymark Code: WMJA3Y
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2013
Views: 1
The Madeline Island Marina is located at the site of the Ojibway village and cemetery that dates back to the fur trade era of the 18th and 19th centuries. This was also the area where missionary Father Frederick Baraga built the first Roman Catholic church on Madeline Island. A stone marks the location of the church, and a sign on the cemetery fence tells the history of this historical area:
La Pointe Indian Cemetery. Established about 1836 as part of the Roman Catholic mission under the guidance of the dynamic Austrian priest, Frederick Baraga, later made a bishop.
The white man’s style of house was adopted as a grave cover by the Christianized Ojibway (Chippewa) in his custom of protecting both the dead and the food left with the dead. The food gave sustenance for the 4-day journey to the Hereafter as well as something for the spirit to leave for friends, relatives, and the poor. A defaced stone marks the grave of Great Buffalo, principal chief of the Ojibway on Lake Superior; Chief Little Buffalo, his Protestant son, is buried across the road and south in a grave marked with 4 pines.
A Frenchman, Cadeau, journeyed to Lake Superior in 1671, eventually marrying an Ojibway. His grandson, Michel Cadotte, opened a fur trading post on the island in 1793 for the North West Company, a post later acquired by John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company, Michel continuing until 1823 as manager. Here Michel Cadotte is buried, and by his side, his grandchild Julia Mary Warren of the noted family of fur traders and scholars.
La Pointe Indian Cemetery Restoration Fund, 1961.
Street address:
Old Fort Road
La Pointe, WI USA
54859
County / Borough / Parish: Ashland
Year listed: 1978
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Information Potential, Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal, Religion
Periods of significance: 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1900-1750 AD, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Historic function: Domestic, Funerary
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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