Marquette, city, seat of Marquette County, northern Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula, on Lake Superior; incorporated as a city 1871. It is the port for iron ore produced nearby and the commercial, cultural, and administrative center of a tourist and dairying region. Mining equipment and chemicals are manufactured here. Marquette is the home of Northern Michigan University (1899) and a large wooden-domed sports training complex. Nearby are Hiawatha National Forest and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Founded in 1849, when the first iron forge was erected, the community was named in 1850 for the 17th-century French missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette. Population 23,288 (1980); 21,977 (1990); 19,661 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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