Mackinac Bridge

is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the 26,372-foot-long bridge is the world's 22nd-longest main span and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere
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St. Ignace, Michigan
Photos taken: August 2009

the marina area

St. Ignace, Michigan
Photos taken: August 2009

St. Ignace Harbour

The Fishermen Memorial

the plaque reads

Before the white man came, Native Indian tribes supplied their needs with fresh and dried fish from these lakes.

Later, others joined in the fishing business, many of them from the Scandinavian countries.

In the 1800's sailing ships transported hundreds of barrels of salted fish from nearby St. Helena Island to Chicago and Detroit.

In the early 1900's passenger ships stopped at St. Ignace and picked up fish for their guests. Daily trains also picked up tons of fish to deliver on their routes to New York.

Now in the 2000's commercial fishing is still carried on, mostly by Native American fishermen.

Mackinaw Trolley Company

St. Anthony’s Rock

is one of several ‘sea stacks’ in the Straits Area. It is made of Mackinac breccia, a type of stone formed 350 million years ago, when the roofs of deep caves collapsed into stacks of fragmented rock. Calcium carbonate in circulating groundwater cemented the stacks of limestone, dolomite and chert into much harder formations than surrounding unbroken limestone. Much later, glaciers covered this area, then began melting about 12,000 years ago. Wave action in the resulting lakes eroded the adjacent soft stone, leaving St. Anthony’s Rock exposed by 2000 B.C.
Info courtesy of the travelthemitten website

Wawatam Lighthouse

is an automated, modern lighthouse that guards the harbor of St. Ignace, Michigan in the Straits of Mackinac. It was originally erected near Monroe, Michigan as an iconic roadside attraction in 1998, and was first lit as an aid to navigation in St. Ignace in August 2006.
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St. Ignace, MI
Photo taken: August 2009