Mackinac’s Amazing Evergreens

Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac Island

Join naturalist Kyle Bagnall on a guided walk to search for Mackinac Island’s amazing evergreens. We’ll discover fragrant cedar and fir, towering spruce and pine, and prickly juniper on the forest floor. Learn how people and animals rely on these special species of our North Woods landscape. Meet at the Avenue of Flags, behind Fort […]

Artist-in-Residence Program with Botanical Artist Cara Cummings

Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island

Join botanical artist Cara Cummings for a free program at the Station 256 Conference Room, located above the Mackinac Island State Park Visitor's Center. Welcome and Introduction -Brief personal introduction (background as a botanical artist and educator) -Overview of the presentation and its focus on observing and illustrating plants from Mackinac Island 2. Observing the […]

A Walk Through the Cemeteries of Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac Island

Join us for an evening walk through the island’s cemeteries with Mackinac State Historic Parks’ Interpretation Coordinator, Jack Swartzinski. Jack will guide guests through the Catholic, Protestant, and Military cemeteries, explaining their history and pointing out historic graves in each. Meet at the Post Cemetery. This is a free tour – donations welcome. Wear comfortable […]

Soldiers in the Park, a Mackinac National Park: 150 Event

Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac Island

As the idea for Mackinac National Park was being debated in the Senate and House in the mid-1870s, the idea had a few factors working in its favor: one, the U.S. government already owned the land; and two, the troops garrisoned at Fort Mackinac could care for the grounds, which would help ease and significant […]

Mackinac Island State Park Commission Meeting

Post Hospital 7029 Huron Road, Mackinac Island, United States

A regular meeting of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission at the Post Hospital Administration Building, Mackinac Island.

Artist-in-Residence Program with Calligrapher Jane Ewing

Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island

Calligrapher Jane Ewing will give a PowerPoint presentation, The Fine Art of Calligraphy, to share their knowledge of and spark interest in the evolution and practice of calligraphy and to explain what distinguishes it from ordinary handwriting. The slides and Ewing's narrative are an overview of writing systems and scripts from different cultures and periods […]