The Commanding Officer’s Privy: A New Addition at Michilimackinac
When you visit Colonial Michilimackinac in 2022, if you look in the right place you’ll see a newly reconstructed building.
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When you visit Colonial Michilimackinac in 2022, if you look in the right place you’ll see a newly reconstructed building.
As flowering plants bear fruit in early Autumn, many species of wild berries ripen, each containing seeds to perpetuate a new generation of plants.
The 2021 Michilimackinac field season came to a satisfying close in late August. After seven seasons of excavation, we have finally reached the bottom of the southeast root cellar!
It was 110 years ago that the Chief Wawatam was side launched, and it remained active on the Straits of Mackinac until 1984.
There’s a lot of history to experience at Mackinac State Historic Parks, including the wilderness where not many visitors venture. Come explore Mackinac’s wild side!
It’s hard to believe, but the archaeology field season is at the half-way point. Learn all about how the season has been going here.
Gardeners, especially at the Straits of Mackinac, have always been interested in helping their plants grow despite sometimes problematic environmental conditions.
As spring turns to summer, the woods of Historic Mill Creek are alive with birdsong.
You may know the story of the Titanic, the luxury ocean liner that struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage and quickly sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. But did you know that another large ship met a similar fate off Michigan’s coastline just three years earlier?
