Presque Isle (french: links=no, presqu'île, meaning 'almost island') is a

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...

. Presque Isle, Presqu'Ile, Presquisle, Presqueile may refer to: * Presque-isle, a type of peninsula

Places

* 24779 Presque Isle, an asteroid

Canada

Presqu'île crater Presqu'île is a meteorite crater in the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Jamésie in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, located about south of the city of Chapais. It is in diameter and is estimated ...

in Quebec * Presqu'ile Provincial Park along Lake Ontario in Ontario * Presqu'île-Robillard Ecological Reserve in Quebec * Presqu'ile Formation, a geologic formation in Western Canada

France

* Presqu'île, a district in Lyon, France

United States

Administrative subdivisions

Presquille, Louisiana Presquille is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 1,807 as of the 2010 census. Louisiana Highway 24 passes through the community. Geography According to the U. ...

, a CDP in Terrebonne Parish * Presque Isle, Maine, a city ** Presque Isle Air Force Base, former base *

Presque Isle Township, Michigan Presque Isle Township is a civil township of Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,656 at the 2010 census. Communities Presque Isle is a small unincorporated community located within Presque Isle Township alon ...

Presque Isle County, Michigan Presque Isle County ( ') is a county in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 12,982. The county seat is Rogers City. The county was authorized by state legislative action on April 1, 184 ...

* Presque Isle, Wisconsin, a town * Presque Isle (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Geographic and historical features

=Maine

= * Presque Isle, Maine

=Michigan

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Presque Isle, Michigan Presque Isle Township is a civil township of Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,656 at the 2010 census. Communities Presque Isle is a small unincorporated community located within Presque Isle Township alon ...

, a peninsula in the Northern Lower Peninsula * Presque Isle Front Range Light *

Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light The Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light is a lighthouse located on the breakwater at northeast side of Presque Isle Harbor in Marquette, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. History Between 1897 and 1902, ...

Old Presque Isle Light The Old Presque Isle Light was the first lighthouse in the Presque Isle, Michigan area, built in 1840, supported physically by two-thirds stone and one-third brick, and supported financially by funds appropriated by Congress two years earlier ...

New Presque Isle Light The New Presque Isle Light was built in 1870, at Presque Isle, Michigan, east of Grand Lake, and sits on the namesake peninsula. It is one of 149 lighthouses in Michigan, more than any other state. Because of changing shoreline particularly, or ...

* Presque Isle Rear Range Light * Presque Isle River *

Little Presque Isle River The Little Presque Isle River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 1, 2012 tributary of the Presque Isle River on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, flowing to Lake Su ...

Presque Isle Park Presque Isle Park is a 323-acre public park located in Marquette, Michigan, United States. The park is northwest of Marquette itself on an oval-shaped peninsula reaching out into Lake Superior, called the 'Island' locally. History Presque I ...

, a cape on Lake Superior near the city of Marquette, Michigan *

Presque Isle Power Plant The Presque Isle Power Plant was a coal power plant located at Marquette, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Superior. The plant has 5 inactive generating units with a total net generating capacity of 431 Megawatts. This plant has two smokestacks in ...

near Marquette

=Pennsylvania

= * Presque Isle Bay *

Presque Isle Light The Presque Isle Light, historically nicknamed the "Flash Light", is a lighthouse on the shore of Lake Erie in U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is one of three lighthouses in Erie, along with the Erie Land Light and the North Pier Light. The light ...

* Presque Isle State Park * Fort Presque Isle *

Presque Isle Downs & Casino Presque Isle Downs & Casino is a casino and horse racing track near Erie, Pennsylvania, owned and operated by Churchill Downs Inc. History The developer, MTR Gaming Group, broke ground in October 2005 for the new facility, which opened on February ...

=Virginia

= * Presquile National Wildlife Refuge on the James River in Virginia *

Presquile Plantation Presquile Plantation was a plantation located in southeastern Chesterfield County, Virginia built in the mid 18th century probably by Richard Randolph II of Curles, a grandson of William Randolph the Immigrant. The site of the plantation was just ...

, a former 18th-century plantation on the James River and now the location of the Presquile NWR

Other

* '' La Presqu’île'', title of a collection by French writer Julien Gracq