May 3 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Fort Mackinac Opening Day Fort Mackinac Mackinac Island, MI Mackinac Island's iconic Fort Mackinac opens for the 2024 season with a cannon blast at 9:00 a.m.! #thisismackinac
May 3 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Mackinac Island State Park Visitor’s Center Opening Day Mackinac Island State Park Visitor's Center 7165 Main Street, Mackinac Island, MI, United States The Mackinac Island State Park Visitor's Center, located on Main Street, opens for the 2024 season! #thisismackinac
May 8 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Colonial Michilimackinac Opening Day Colonial Michilimackinac Mackinaw City Step into the 1770s at Colonial Michilimackinac as we celebrate opening day 2024! #thisismackinac
A New Gown at Michilimackinac The clothes our historic interpreters wear are a major part in telling the story the historic residents of the Straits of Mackinac. A lot of research goes into making these outfits accurate, and here’s a little peek at one of the new outfits you’ll find in Colonial Michilimackinac this summer: Read More »
An “Unlucky Affair” at Michilimackinac: The Stabbing of Lt. James Hamilton Ongoing research has uncovered another fascinating story at Michilimackinac: the “Unlucky Affair” of Lt. James Hamilton and his stabbing. Intrigued? Learn more: Read More »
Moving Day Most of us have had the experience of moving from one place to another, deciding was to take and what to discard. In the summer of 1781, the residents of Michilimackinac had that same experience. Read More »