Located in Mackinac County on the north shore of Lake Huron, the island has a small summer population.

The island's summer inhabitants often travel by water to the nearby towns of Cedarville and Hessel for the necessities of life.

[1] Marquette Island was the home of Chief Shab-wa-way, whose homesite was located directly south across the channel from the present site of the Les Cheneaux Club golf course.

The plaque describes the significance of this site as follows: "On this spot stood the log cabin of Chabowaway (sometimes called 'Shab-wa-way' or 'Shabway'), a leading chief of the Ottawa Indians.

[5] The Club grounds contain a number of large summer homes which remain the most conspicuous feature of Marquette Island.

Among the early members of the Club was the family of Aldo Leopold, who spent his childhood summers in the woods and waters of the Les Cheneaux Islands.