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Ignace, Michigan Location of St.
Ignace, Michigan Saint Ignace, usually written as St.
Ignace, is a town/city at the southern tip of the Upper Peninsula of the U.S.
State of Michigan, bordering the Straits of Mackinac.
It is the governmental center of county of Mackinac County. For travelers coming from the Lower Peninsula, St.
Ignace is the gateway to the northern part of the state.
Ignace Township is positioned just to the north of the city, but is politically autonomous.
Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, St.
Ignace is at the northern end of the Mackinac Bridge and Mackinaw City is the southern end.
As of the 2010 census, nearly one-third of the populace of the town/city identified as Native American.
The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians, a state recognized tribe, is headquartered at St.
Ignace, and has bands in a several other counties in the region.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians owns and operates a casino on its territory in St.
Ignace, as well as in four other metros/cities in northern Michigan.
Ignace Mission building.
Ignace is the second-oldest town/city founded by Europeans in Michigan.
French explorer and priest Jacques Marquette established the St.
Ignace Mission on this site in 1671 and was buried there after his death. He titled it for St.
(Ignace is the French version of Ignatius.) Jesuits served at missions to convert First Nations/Native Americans to Catholicism and to share French culture.
While seeking the region on the ship Le Griffon with Louis Hennepin, Sieur de La Salle reached St.
The Ojibwe, who came to dominate most of the territory of present-day Michigan in the 18th century among Native Americans, were allies of the French in the Seven Years' War against the British.
After the victory of rebellious colonists in the American Revolutionary War, in 1783 the village was encompassed inside the new United States, as part of what became called its Northwest Territory.
Ignace Mission.
Originally an meaningful fur trading site in early years of French colonization, St.
Ignace was given economic impetus by the assembly of the Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad, which connected the straits region to the primary city of Detroit.
The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians, a state recognized tribe, is based in St.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, based in the town/city of that name and the region of northern Michigan, owns and operates a gaming casino on territory it controls in St.
Ignace, in addition to four other metros/cities in the state.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.69 square miles (6.97 km2), of which 2.68 square miles (6.94 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 63.4% White, 1.0% African American, 27.8% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% from other competitions, and 7.3% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,064 homeholds of which 27.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.5% were non-families.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 71.81% White, 19.42% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.30% African American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other competitions, and 7.69% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
I-75 routes over the Mackinac Bridge and through St.
Ignace and I-75. Westbound, US 2 traverses a scenic stretch along Lake Michigan, toward Manistique and Escanaba.
M-123 starts a several miles north of St.
Ignace and heads north into Tahquamenon Falls State Park and eventually to Newberry.
H-63, also known as Mackinac Trail, is a north-south route traveling along the former route of US-2 from just north of St.
Ignace to Sault Ste.
Three ferry companies (Arnold Transit Company, Shepler's Ferry and Star Line Ferry) operate out of Saint Ignace, connecting tourists and commuters to Mackinac Island.
The nearest airports with scheduled passenger service are in Chippewa County International Airport in Kinross (northeast of St.
Ignace, adjoining to I-75) and Pellston Regional Airport in the Lower peninsula.
Indian Trails provides daily intercity bus service between St.
Ignace and East Lansing, Michigan, between St.
Ignace and Bay City, Michigan, and between St.
Ignace region hosts contains Kewadin Casinos - St.
A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People, p.
Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Pellston Regional Airport Serving Northern Michigan Emmet County".
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United States Coast Guard.
United States Coast Guard.
"From Monroe to Mackinac: Lighthouse moves to Chief Wawatam Park in St.
Ignace, Michigan.
Municipalities and communities of Mackinac County, Michigan, United States
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Cities in Mackinac County, Michigan - Cities in Michigan - County seats in Michigan - Populated places on the Great Lakes - 1671 establishments in the French colonial empire
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