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Jacques Marquette
Father
Jacques Marquette
S.J. (June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as
Père Marquette
or
James (Jim) Marquette
, was a
French
Jesuit
missionary
who founded
Michigan
's first European settlement,
Sault Ste. Marie
, and later founded
St. Ignace, Michigan
. In 1673 Father Marquette and
Louis Jolliet
were the first
Europeans
to explore and map the northern portion of the
Mississippi River
.
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