Lower Harbor Ore Dock
A giant concrete iron ore loading dock built in 1931 and now decommissioned, it is Marquette's most iconic skyline feature.
The Lower Harbor Ore Dock was built in 1931. About 296 m long and 25 m high, it once loaded iron ore from the Upper Peninsula onto freighters bound for steel mills on the Great Lakes. It was decommissioned in 1971 and has since become a city landmark, often lit with colored lights at night. Beside it, Mattson Lower Harbor Park is the city's event hub, with concerts, festivals and a farmers' market in summer. The dock itself cannot be climbed, but you can photograph it from the lakeshore path or the park. The Upper Harbor dock, which is still in use, sometimes has large ore freighters loading.
Opening hours
Exterior visible all day
Nearby sights
- Downtown Marquette & Lakeshore Trail
- St. Peter Cathedral
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse & Maritime Museum
- Marquette Mountain
- Presque Isle Park
- Black Rocks
- Sugarloaf Mountain
- Little Presque Isle