Joseph Marest
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Joseph Marest (19 March 1953 in Chartres, France – October 1725 in Montreal),[1] was a Jesuit missionary in New France in the late 1600s and early 1700s. He is known chiefly for remaining in Michilimackinac/ St. Ignace Mission as missionary to the Ottawas after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac moved the center of the French fur trade from Fort de Buade to Fort Detroit in 1701.[2]
He served in the straits of Mackinaw from 1700 to 1714[3] at St. Ignace and Michilimackinac. He came to New France about 1686 and arrived at Michilimackinac in 1688. After serving in 1690 with Nicolas Perrot's failed mission the Sioux country,[4] Marest returned to the straits of mackinaw. Joseph Marest was the brother of Jesuit Pierre-Gabriel Marest, who served in the Illinois country.[5]
