Fort Mackinac Opening Day
Iconic Fort Mackinac opens for the 2025 season! Enjoy lunch or a snack at the Tea Room, take in the incredible view, and experience the boom of the cannon. The
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Iconic Fort Mackinac opens for the 2025 season! Enjoy lunch or a snack at the Tea Room, take in the incredible view, and experience the boom of the cannon. The
On May 1, 1834, Henry Schoolcraft and his children searched for Mackinac Island wildflowers. He wrote, “We came in with the spring beauty, called miscodeed by the Indians, the adder’s
Join naturalist Kyle Bagnall at the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse to watch the full Breaking Ice Moon rise over the Straits of Mackinac. This year, we celebrate the 150th anniversary
Bring your snowshoes and enjoy the snowy North Woods on a guided stroll at Historic Mill Creek. Meet naturalist Kyle Bagnall in the parking lot where we’ll begin a leisurely
Our Park Naturalist, Kyle, is ready to set the story straight: Chimney Rock and Sunset Rock are not one and the same. Let’s revisit Chimney Rock:
The 2024 archaeological field season was concluded. What did we learn?
The millstones currently on display at Historic Mill Creek are the originals, and they had a wild ride to get back to the site. But also – how were they made? And how did those rocks end up here at the Straits?
Mackinac Associates are friends preserving and sharing Mackinac’s heritage, providing crucial support in the development of new MSHP exhibits.
More than 240 years have passed since wooden sloops brought wild hay to the King’s Cattle on Mackinac Island. During your next visit, scan the watery horizon and imagine the scene from a bygone era. Perhaps you’ll glimpse a broad, white sail billowing in the wind. Or listen closely, and just maybe you’ll hear soft, clanking cowbells as supper makes its way across the Straits of Mackinac.
