Saint Ignace

Michigan, United States
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Saint Ignace, city, seat (1882) of Mackinac county, southeastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. It lies on the Straits of Mackinac opposite Mackinaw City, with which it is linked by the 5-mile- (8-km-) long Mackinac Bridge. One of Michigan’s oldest cities, St. Ignace was founded in 1671 when French Jesuit explorer Jacques Marquette established a mission there named for St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. The missionary activities were protected by a French garrison, Fort de Buade (1681), also known as Fort Michilimackinac (a name later applied to forts at Mackinaw City and on Mackinac Island). Fur traders ...(100 of 206 words)