Baraga - Shrine of the Snowshoe Priest

Frederic Baraga, the Snowshoe Priest who became the first Bishop of the Upper Peninsula and the Apostle of the Great Lakes. His title as the "Snowshoe Priest" came from the necessity of long treks overland in the winter months to serve his churches that served both the native population and the small communities of copper miners on the Keweenaw Peninsula.