History
The modern history of Saginaw Bay dates back to early 17th century. French explorers were the first Europeans to visit the Great Lakes region. The first European to visit the Saginaw Bay area was Father Jacques Marquette, a French missionary priest, who went there in 1668 after establishing a mission in St. Ignace. In 1686, father Jean Enjalran(fr) arrived in the valley to establish an Indian mission, but his efforts failed.
The region was ceded to Great Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1763. Twenty years later, it was ceded to the newly independent United States of America. It became part of the Michigan Territory in 1805 and later the State of Michigan.
It has recently been postualted that the Saginaw Bay may be an oblique impact crater, the result of an impact that also served to form the Carolina Bays and other suspected ejecta structures.
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