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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QU8_war-memorial-hospital_Sault-Ste.-Marie-MI.html
Erected by the citizenry of Chippewa County in appreciation of the services of their war heroes. Civil War 1861-1865; Spanish American War 1898-1902; World War 1917-1918
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CC0_detour-reef-light-station_De-Tour-Village-MI.html
Side One: Located where the St. Mary's River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island. It has long been a choke point for Great Lakes shipping. Anticipating increased traffic as a r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTYC_emerson_Paradise-MI.html
Once a thriving hub of pine lumbering, Emerson is now a fishing hamlet. Just one mile south of the mouth of the Tahquamenon River (immortalized in Longfellows poem "Hiawatha"), this settlement overlooks picturesque Whitefish Bay. The village was f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQSI_whitefish-point-lighthouse_Paradise-MI.html
This light, the oldest active on Lake Superior, began operating in 1849, though the present tower was constructed later. Early a stopping place for Indians, voyageurs, and Jesuit missionaries, the point marks a course change for ore boats and othe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DT_point-iroquois_Brimley-MI.html
This point of land is the historic battleground where the westward invasion by the Iroquois Indians was halted by the victorious Chippewa. Off the point colorful French-Canadian voyageurs paddled canoes heavily laden with furs. The 18th century…
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