Father Marquette National Memorial
St. Ignace, Mackinac County
Hiking Trails
Bois Blanc Island Nature Sanctuary is 234 acres of island habitat contiguous with land owned by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The combined ownership creates a natural area of over 480 acres that includes protected On a rise overlooking the Straits of Mackinac, the Father Marquette National Memorial tells the story of that 17th-century missionary-explorer and the meeting of French and Native American cultures deep in the North American wilderness.