Chapee Rapids

Chapee Rapids (HM1O3H)

Location: Menominee, MI 49858 Menominee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 9.26', W 87° 42.046'

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Stanislaus Chaput, a French-Canadian fur trader sometimes called Louis Chappee, became the first settler at the mouth of the Menominee River in the early 1800s. He fought, along with most of the Green Bay traders, in the British attack on Fort Mackinac during the War of 1812. After the war he traded extensively in the northern Wisconsin region, working for John Lawe, Green Bay fur magnate. Forcibly deposed from his old location in 1824 by rival traders William Farnsworth and Charles Brush, Chaput moved a few miles upstream and built a fortified trading post at the foot of the rapids. Until Chaput's death in the 1850s the post at the rapids was a center of trade for the surrounding villages of Menominee Indians.
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HM NumberHM1O3H
Series This marker is part of the Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission series
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Marker NumberS0343
Year Placed1971
Placed ByMichigan Historical Commission
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Date Added Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 at 1:03pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 444917 N 5000333
Decimal Degrees45.15433333, -87.70076667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 9.26', W 87° 42.046'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 9' 15.6" N, 87° 42' 2.76" W
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Area Code(s)906
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Co Hwy 581, Menominee MI 49858, US
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