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Big Rapids, Michigan

Also Big Rapids

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Locator map: Big Rapids, Michigan highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypePlace
Coordinates43.6989° N, 85.4811° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Big Rapids, Michigan highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Place
Coordinates
43.6989° N, 85.4811° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityeducation

Summary

Big Rapids is a city-level anchor for archive records whose named institution is located there. The record does not claim a precise commencement-site point.

The dated record

2 dated events · 1962–1973These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. Records a city-level coordinate near 43.69889°N, 85.48111°W and GNIS feature ID 1625934; the article identifies Big Rapids as the home of Ferris State University’s main campus. This is a city anchor, not a campus or commencement coordinate.

Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Big Rapids, Michigan”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/big-rapids-michigan/, accessed [date], citing Wikipedia, “Big Rapids, Michigan,” coordinate display, retrieved 2026-08-02..

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