Misión San Miguel Arcángel de la Frontera
Spanish mission ruins in Baja California, late 18th century
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Misión San Miguel Arcángel de la Frontera
32.0942° N, -116.8544° E
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Another mission bearing the name San Miguel Arcángel is the Mission San Miguel Arcángel in San Miguel, California. Mission San Miguel (Spanish: Misión San Miguel Arcángel de la Frontera) was a Spanish mission established on 28 March 1787 by the Dominican missionary Luis Sales among the Kumeyaay people of northwestern Baja California, Mexico. The ruins of the mission are located in present-day Ejido La Misión, Baja California in the municipio of Ensenada. The mission ruins are behind the local school, on the north side of Highway 1.
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Mission founded
28 March 1787
Boundary cross erected
1773
Provincial division of Las Californias
1804
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Military Installations
Animal Husbandry Features
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Domestic and Habitation Structures
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