MUNISING, MI - The United States Mint has selected Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore to be represented on quarters in 2018.

The quarter will be released as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. Launched in 2010, each quarter features designs depicting national parks and other national sites.

The U.S. Mint released 13 proposed designs for the quarter representing the sprawling Lake Superior park in the Upper Peninsula last December. It revealed the winning design at the American Numismatic Association's World Fair of Money in Denver earlier today.

The coin depicts Chapel Rock and the white pine that grows atop it. The quarter, which will be the 41st in the America the Beautiful series, will be available in February 2018. In total, 56 coins will be issued.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin, Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota, Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia and Block Island National Wildlife Refuge in Rhode Island have also been selected for coins in 2018.

Located about 15 miles east of Munising off Alger County Road H-58, at the end of Chapel Road on Lake Superior, the Chapel area was named by early European explorers and is found on early maps as La Chappelle.

Chapel Rock is a remnant of Cambrian age sandstone. The archway between the rock and the mainland collapsed in the 1940s. It and the remaining arch were carved by Lake Nipissing high waters some 3800 years ago.