Marquette is an old mining town and is still active in that an endeavor. There is still an active ore dock that is seeing regular use by the Cleveland Cliffs corporation. It is a pretty cool site to check out, the structure is pretty intense! The dock has the ability to load two freighters at the same time and if your lucky that will be happening when you go see it. I went and checked it out because I heard a rumor that there were two ships getting loaded. Usually the shipping routes close during November because of the weather and ice on the great lakes. I was pretty excited and got some really cool pictures of the dock and the two ships getting loaded up at night. The trains on the top of the dock were running and moving cars. The noises added to the eerie ambiance of the dock at night. It's definitely something interesting to check out and while your at it you can take a trip around Presque Isle.
Directions from Marquette: Go to the lake. Hop on lakeshore drive and head west, you can't miss it.
~ splash
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