If you attend the Colonial Christmas event at Colonial Michilimackinac, you will experience part of how Christmas was celebrated at the Mission of St. Ignace at Michilimackinac in 1679. An earlier Jesuit Christmas celebration resulted in the first North American Christmas Carol, the Huron Carol.
“Perhaps now, mon cheri, you will believe in les feu follet?” Fort Fright is based on French tales told at Michilimackinac. Enjoy “Les Feu Follet,” from “Were-Wolves and Will-O-The-Wisps.”
As the season for growing things begins to wind down, we look back at a fabulous season of gardening.
Fort Fright is October 4-5. But what is Fort Fright actually about? Learn more here!
A full event calendar delivers additional, unique experiences to plan an adventure around.
Late May saw the beginning of the 64th archaeological field season at Michilimackinac.
In 1982, Mackinac Associates received its official 501(c)(3) status, and the organization that we know and love was officially born. Learn more here:
About 1864, a new resource was tapped for the first time along the rocky bluffs of Mill Creek – limestone.
When you think about the Great Lakes fur trade, you probably think about canoes, right? While canoes were an integral part of the trade, they weren’t the only watercraft on the lakes.
