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St. Anthony's Rock
St. Anthony's Rock is a geological limestone stack (geology), sea stack and tourist attraction located in the central part of the city of St. Ignace, Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Description St. Anthony's Rock is a now-landlocked sea stack or sea chimney, geologically similar to several features on Mackinac Island, such as Arch Rock (Mackinac Island), Arch Rock or Sugar Loaf (Mackinac Island), Sugar Loaf. As with nearby Castle Rock (Michigan), Castle Rock, a large chunk of Mackinac breccia resisted the Wisconsinan Glaciation, as well as the erosional forces of the subsequent post-glacial Lake Algonquin. The post-Last Glacial Period, Ice Age meltoff caused the waters of Lake Algonquin to be much higher than the water level of Lake Huron is today, eroding and washing away the softer rock around the stack. A local story claims that the rock was named by visitor (1679) Father Louis Hennepin, the chaplain priest of the explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Anthony's Rock (NBY 2003)
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