Presque Isle

Presque Isle is an island in Marquette, Michigan. Presque Isle is situated nearby to the hamlet Sugar Loaf, as well as near the locality Sunnyside Estates Community.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Presque Isle Park and Presque Isle Power Plant.

Presque Isle Park

Park

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Presque Isle Park is a 323-acre public park located in Marquette, Michigan, United States. The park is northwest of Marquette itself on an oval-shaped peninsula reaching out into Lake Superior, called the 'Island' locally.

Presque Isle Power Plant

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The Presque Isle Power Plant was a coal power plant located at Marquette, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Superior. The plant has 5 inactive generating units with a total net generating capacity of 431 Megawatts.

Superior Dome

Sports venue

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The Superior Dome is a domed stadium on the campus of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, United States. It opened as the "world’s largest wooden dome" on September 14, 1991, and is home to the Northern Michigan Wildcats football, women's lacrosse, and women's track and field teams, the NMU Wildcat marching band, and hosts a variety of other campus and community events. Superior Dome is situated 2 miles south of Presque Isle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marquette and Trowbridge Park.

Marquette

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Marquette is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range.

Trowbridge Park

Village

Trowbridge Park is an unincorporated community in Marquette Township, Marquette County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality. Trowbridge Park is situated 3½ miles southwest of Presque Isle.

Presque Isle

Type: Island
Also known as: “Kah way komi gong nay aw shay” and “Mas ke ko maun”
Category: landform
Location: Marquette, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.5881° or 46° 35′ 17″ north

Longitude

-87.38249° or 87° 22′ 57″ west

Elevation

715 feet (218 metres)

Open location code

86RJHJQ9+62

GeoNames ID

5006464

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