Dutsen St. Anthony

St. Anthony's Rock wani dutse ne na teku da kuma jan hankalin yawon bude ido wanda ke tsakiyar birnin St. Ignace, Michigan a cikin Upper Peninsula na Michigan.

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St. Anthony's Rock wani nau'in teku ne wanda yanzu ya rufe ko murfin teku, wanda yayi kama da siffofi da yawa a Tsibirin Mackinac, kamar Arch Rock ko Sugar Loaf . Kamar yadda yake tare da Castle Rock da ke kusa, babban ɓangaren Mackinac breccia ya tsayayya da Wisconsin Glaciation, da kuma dakarun rushewa na Lake Algonquin na gaba. Bayan Ice Age meltoff ya sa ruwan Tafkin Algonquin ya fi girma fiye da matakin ruwa na Tafkin Huron a yau, yana rushewa da wanke dutse mai laushi a kusa da tarin.

Wani labari na gida ya yi iƙirarin cewa baƙo ne ya ba da sunan dutsen (1679) Uba Louis Hennepin, firist mai binciken La Salle. La Salle da Hennepin sun gudanar da shirin ibada ga jama'a ga Roman Katolika saint Anthony na Padua, kuma an san Hennepin da sunan Saint Anthony Falls bayan wannan saint a cikin 1680. 

Tare da zuwan rails zuwa St. Ignace a cikin 1881, jirgin kasa na hanyar jirgin kasa ya shiga kai tsaye kusa da tsarin dutse mai ban mamaki. St. Anthony's Rock ya zama abin jan hankali ga yawon bude ido da aka yi bikin a cikin katunan waya da hotuna. Bayan wani lokaci na watsi da dutsen an sake yin bikin a cikin shekarun 2010 a matsayin shafin yanar gizon karamin wurin shakatawa na jama'a kyauta. Wani karamin shinge ya kare dutsen daga masu lalata, kuma wata alama ta bayyana yanayin ƙasa da tarihinsa."Michigan Roadside Attractions: St. Anthony's Rock, St. Ignace". travelthemitten.com. Travel the Mitten. 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.

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