Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Montague, MI

Montague is a city in Muskegon County, Michigan, on the upstream end of White Lake, facing Whitehall across the water and governed independently from the surrounding Montague Township.

Montague was founded by Noah Ferry, who named it in honor of his father, William Montague Ferry, the founder of Grand Haven and Ferrysburg in neighboring Ottawa County.

Montague's post office was established in 1867 on Ferry Street, which served as the town's main street before Dowling Street took over that role.

Ferry Church in Montague, built in 1874, is named for Noah Henry Ferry, who was killed fighting for the Union at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

Montague is home to the 'World's Largest Working Weathervane,' standing about 48 feet tall and built in part by local manufacturer Whitehall Metal Studios.

The Montague weathervane is topped by a replica of the Ella Ellenwood, a lumber schooner that carried lumber from Montague to Milwaukee before sinking in a storm in 1901; the schooner's wooden nameplate floated back to Montague's shore and was found in 1902, convincing locals the ship had 'come home.'

Montague had 2,417 residents in the 2020 census and 1,073 households, and its population has stayed remarkably steady near 2,400 since 1960.

Montague marks the southern end of the Hart-Montague Trail, a paved multiuse rail trail popular with cyclists heading north toward Hart.

Montague Area Public Schools operates Montague High School, Nellie B. Chisholm Middle School and R. R. Oehrli Elementary School in the city, and the district spans both Muskegon and Oceana counties because Rothbury's district merged into it in the 1950s.

About 16 percent of Montague's 3.14 square miles is water, and the city lies about 16 miles north of Muskegon, the county seat.