Michigan Governor’s Summer Residence Tours

Michigan Governor's Summer Residence Fort Street, Mackinac Island, MI, United States

Explore the Governor’s Summer Residence on Mackinac Island on select Wednesdays June through August. Built in 1902 as a private summer cottage by Lawrence A. Young, it has served as the Governor’s summer Residence since 1945. The residence was listed in the Michigan Register of Historic Places in October 1975. In November 1997, the house […]

Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture at Historic Mill Creek

Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw City

Today at Historic Mill Creek, special programs explore historic hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about sedges, rushes, and other wild plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, […]

Mackinac Island State Park Commission

Post Hospital 7029 Huron Road, Mackinac Island, United States

A regular meeting of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission will take place in the Commission Meeting Room at the Post Hospital Administrative Building on Mackinac Island.