La Salle Memorial Marker

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St. Joseph in Berrien County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

La Salle Memorial
Fort Miamis

La Salle Memorial Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Dennis Allen Burlingham, July 26, 2009

1. La Salle Memorial Marker

Inscription. This Glacial Boulder found in the bed of the St. Joseph River was erected in 1902 by the Algonquin Chapter Daughters - American Revolution to commemorate the landing of Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle and the building on this point.
Fort Miamis 1679.

Erected 1902 by Daughters of the American Revolution, Algonquin Chapter.

Location. 42° 6.529′ N, 86° 29.052′ W. Marker is in St. Joseph, Michigan, in Berrien County. Marker is on Lake Boulevard near Elm St.. Click for map. Location is approximate. On the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan and Silver Beach. Marker is at or near this postal address: 380 Lake Boulevard, Saint Joseph MI 49085, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Eleven Inch Dahlgren (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Miami (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Joseph's Firemen (approx. 0.2 miles away); Old St. Joseph Neighborhood (approx. half a mile away); Burnett's Post (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Morton House (approx. 2 miles away); Israelite House of David / Mary's City of David (approx. 2.8 miles away); The Fruit Belt (approx. 3.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in St. Joseph.

By Dennis Allen Burlingham, July 26, 2009

2. La Salle Memorial Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on June 30, 2011, by Dennis Allen Burlingham of Hartford, Michigan, USA. This page has been viewed 174 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 30, 2011, by Dennis Allen Burlingham of Hartford, Michigan, USA. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.