Gros Cap and St. Helena Island
French fishermen who came to Gros Cap (on the shore below) early last century also participated in its offshore settlement, St. Helena Island, where ships obtained wood fuel and other supplies. There in 1850, Archie and Wilson Newton set up a fishing and shipping business. The community thrived for more than thirty years.
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Michigan LibraryHanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago LibraryUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marker data: Michigan History Center
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