Pere Marquette Lodge is located in Pere Marquette State Park in Grafton, IL. The park history centers around the Illinois River. Many Indian tribes once lived where the lodge is now located. During Pere Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet's return journey along the Mississippi, they turned into the Illinois River, stopping near what is now Pere Marquette State Park. The land for Pere Marquette Park was purchased in 1931, and the lodge was constructed 1933-39 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It opened to the public in 1940.
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