In L’Anse, Michigan — which is between Marquette and Houghton in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — is a shrine dedicated to the “snow shoe priest” Bishop Frederic Baraga. Located on US 41, the cooper statute sits on top of five curved pillars, overlooking the Keweenaw Bay. You can actually see the statute from US 41 as you head toward Marquette. The shrine, with its entrance marked by tepees, is open year around.
Baraga is known as the Bishop of the Upper Peninsula and the Apostle of the Great Lakes. There are many tributes and statutes to Bishop Baraga throughout the Upper Peninsula and into Minnesota and Wisconsin and even in Grand Rapids. The statute is located in the Cathedral Square and recognizes Barage for establishing a Catholic mission in 1833 in the Grand Rapids area. For more about the shrine, click here.
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