ST. IGNACE (AP) -- Gov. Rick Snyder has vetoed a bill that would create an advisory board for a memorial site in the Upper Peninsula honoring Father Jacques Marquette.
Snyder said he vetoed it because it implies that the state would help pay for a new museum at the 58-acre site in St. Ignace. He said the project would cost millions of dollars.
The governor said a state board is unnecessary and the work can be done by a community group.
Marquette was a Jesuit missionary and Great Lakes explorer in the 1600s. In the Midwest, cities, counties and a Milwaukee university are named for him.
The memorial site in St. Ignace has a trail and picnic areas. A museum was destroyed by fire in 2000. St. Ignace is one location where Marquette established a mission.
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