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.
After serving in 1690 with Nicolas Perrot's failed mission the Sioux country,[4] Marest returned to the straits of mackinaw.
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