Mackinac: An Island Famous in These Regions – Softbound Posted January 8, 2021 $9.95 SKU: 1-9780911872682 Category: MSHP PUB Description Additional information Description MACKINAC ISLAND has always been a special place. More than 300 years ago Jesuit missionary Father Claude Dablon, after listening to Native American Stories and legends, described Mackinac as “an Island famous in these regions.” Mackinac is still famous, today, even though the waves of history have washed new peoples, industries, and technology onto her shores. These changes have enhanced, not reduced Mackinac Island’s distinctive character and allure. For centuries the Great Lakes served as a water highway connecting distant peoples and places. Mackinac Island, in the center of this water highway, became a convenient gathering place for water travelers. These same waters gave life to abundant natural resources, which provided food for subsistence and products for Mackinac’s earliest industries. This is the story of Mackinac Island as seen though the experiences of the people who gathered here: worshipers, hunters, traders, soldiers, fisherman, and tourist. No single group of gatherers, no single chapter in Mackinac Island’s history, takes precedence. It is the sum of its many chapters that makes Mackinac such an interesting, important, and famous place. By Phil Porter Additional information Weight 2 oz Dimensions 19 × 14.5 × 1 in Related products War 1812: The United States and Great Britain at Mackinac, 1812-1815 $6.00 View More Fudge: Mackinac’s Sweet Souvenir $7.95 View More Through an Officer’s Eyes: The Photo Album of Edward B. Pratt, U.S. Army, 1873-1902 $32.95 View More Were-Wolves and Will-O-The-Wisps $6.00 View More Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Name (required) Mail (required) (will not be published) Website Comments (required) XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>