Wawatam (little goose) (fl. 1762 – 1764) was an 18th-century Odawa chief who lived in the northern region of present-day Michigan's Lower Peninsula in...
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Chief Wawatam (nicknamed the Chief) was a coal-fired steel ship that was based, for most of its working life, in St. Ignace, Michigan. The vessel was...
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Wawatam Lighthouse is an automated, modern lighthouse that guards the harbor of St. Ignace, Michigan, in the Straits of Mackinac. Originally completely...
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Wawatam Township is a civil township of Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 711. The village...
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Township Van Buren 2,506 2,554 −1.9% 2,467 34.12 88.4 74.9/sq mi (28.9/km2) Wawatam Township Emmet 711 661 +7.6% 705 15.73 40.7 42.0/sq mi (16.2/km2) Wayland...
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Archive of California. "Alternative uses of the railcar ferry S.S. Chief Wawatam State of Michigan Dept. of Transportation, State of Michigan Dept. of Natural...
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The first autos crossed the Straits of Mackinac in 1917 on the SS Chief Wawatam. In 1923, the state of Michigan began an auto ferry service that was the...
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vice-chairman of the Beaver Club. From 1763 to 1764, he lived and hunted with Wawatam of the Ojibwe, who had adopted him as a brother. "Blessed with as many...
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employer. Straits State Park is located at the south end of the city. Wawatam Lighthouse is located in the city's harbor. The harbor also is a port for...
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Egleston Township (name changed to McKinley Township in 1903). In 1923, Wawatam Township was the last township organized in the county, when it was detached...
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Mackinac Transportation Company, which operated the SS Chief Wawatam until 1984. The Chief Wawatam was a front-loading, hand-fired, coal-fed steamer. It was...
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known as the owner and operator, from 1911 until 1984, of the SS Chief Wawatam, an icebreaking train ferry. The Mackinac Transportation Company (MTC)...
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Cheboygan County, but the larger portion of the village by area is in Wawatam Township, Emmet County, which borders Mackinaw Township to the west. Mackinaw...
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the township. Mackinaw City is also located in the northeast portion of Wawatam Township. The township is located in the northwestern corner of Cheboygan...
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(April 15, 2014). "From Monroe to Mackinac: Lighthouse moves to Chief Wawatam Park in St. Ignace". Michigan Midwest Guest. Retrieved April 25, 2017....
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submarine. In addition to the Cobia, the museum displays the 65-ton Chief Wawatam steam engine and exhibits on shipbuilding and shipwrecks in Wisconsin,...
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1720–1769), chief. Leader of Pontiac's War against British and Americans Wawatam (fl. 1762 – 1764), chief "Odawa Ottawa First Nation Portal Websites". Archived...
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French Farm Lake is a lake in Wawatam Township in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. 802 acres (325 ha) in size, it is located approximately...
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The Headlands Entrance sign Location Wawatam Township, Emmet County, Michigan, USA Nearest city Mackinaw City, Michigan Coordinates 45°47′N 84°47′W /...
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district includes that county's portion of Mackinaw City as well as much of Wawatam Township and portions of Carp Lake Township. In 1966 the district established...
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captive and transported to Beaver Island but was rescued by the Odawa Wawatam. The British built the more substantial Fort Mackinac at the site in 1780...
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unknown meaning. Waucedah – Ojibwe word meaning "talking stream". Wawatam – after Wawatam, an Odawa chief. Weesaw – after Chief Weesaw of the Potawatomi...
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Archive of California. "Alternative uses of the railcar ferry S.S. Chief Wawatam State of Michigan Dept. of Transportation, State of Michigan Dept. of Natural...
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Old Mackinac Point Round Island Round Island Passage St. Helena Island Wawatam Western Lower Peninsula Beaver Island Harbor Beaver Island Head Big Sable...
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Mackinaw City, Michigan, to St. Ignace, Michigan, performed by SS Chief Wawatam at the Straits of Mackinac connecting Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas...
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southern end of LMCT concurrency Cheboygan–Emmet county line Mackinaw–Wawatam township line 337.750 543.556 337 Nicolet Street – Mackinaw City Northbound...
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well-known coal-fired steamships of the Great Lakes, such as the SS Chief Wawatam (built in 1911). In the early 1960s, the American Ship Building Company...
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Old Mackinac Point Round Island Round Island Passage St. Helena Island Wawatam Western Lower Peninsula Beaver Island Harbor Beaver Island Head Big Sable...
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of the Straits of Mackinac. The bay and its harbor are guarded by the Wawatam Lighthouse. The bay is a traditional place for fishing, and several St...
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