The City of Marquette is pleased to announce the development of a Cultural Trail along seven miles of City shoreline. The Trail will honor and preserve our community’s diverse cultural heritage, history, and environment from the mouth of the Carp River to Presque Isle, through public space design, public art, and interpretive signage. It presents a unique opportunity to reexamine our relationship with our natural and built environment to create a shared and sustainable vision of the future. The Trail will connect and give voice to the multiple stories, historic sites, natural features, and landmarks along the multi-use pathway. Education will serve as the central mission, providing a catalyst for dialogue and a platform to build cultural understanding.

The Cultural Trail will strive to facilitate mutual respect and cooperation between the Marquette community, federally recognized tribes and local Anishinaabe community. Including the commissioning of Indigenous public art, dual language signage and honoring five village sites.

Led by the City’s Office of Arts and Culture in cooperation with arts, history, cultural, environmental, tribal, educational, and economic institutions. You are cordially invited to engage in cultural conversations and contribute to this community project.