Since sometimes people need that extra motivation and worthy event to travel a bit farther than usual, let five Tall Ships, which will be docking in Marquette at the Ellwood A. Mattson Lower ...

In 1671, the French priest Jacques Marquette founded St. Ignace when he ... Over the years, many ships wrecked in the Straits of Mackinac due to unfavorable weather conditions.

On March 30, 1675, Father Jacques Marquette and his party left their ... In 1923 the Cunard liner Laconia became the first passenger ship to circumnavigate the world, arriving in New York after ...

NMU’s Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center hosted a full day of presentations, and films to help Marquette residents better understand how the place they call “home” came to be.