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Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th-century French, and later British, fort and trading post at the Straits of Mackinac; it was built on the northern tip of the lower ...
Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th-century French, and later British, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes of North America.Built around 1715, it was located along the southern shore of the strategic Straits of Mackinac connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, at the northern tip of the lower peninsula of the present-day state of Michigan in the United States.
The massacre of old Fort Mackinac (Michilimackinac) a tragedy of the American frontier, with the early history of St. Ignace, Mackinaw city and Mackinac island ..1946. Wood, Edwin (1918). Historic Mackinac; the historical, picturesque and legendary features of the Mackinac country; illustrated from sketches, drawings, maps and photographs, with ...
Colonial Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City) An excavated fireplace from an original French house at Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City. The fort is the site of the longest-running ...
Fort Mackinack [4] Fort Mackinack [4]: 269 . Fort Mackinac (/ ˈ m æ k ə n ɔː / MAK-ə-naw) is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, on Mackinac Island.
Fort Michilimackinac fell to an Ojibwa attack during the Native American uprising of 1763, sometimes called Pontiac's War. [6] It was reoccupied by the British in September 1764. In 1780, during the American Revolution , British commandant Patrick Sinclair moved the British trading and military post to Mackinac Island , which was held by the ...
A French Catholic mission to the Indians was founded at St. Ignace in 1671. In 1715, Fort Michilimackinac was built by the French on the south end of the straits' narrow. . Michilimackinac was replaced in 1781 by a British fort, Fort Mackinac, on Mackinac Is
The lighthouse complex, including the lightkeeper's quarters and tower, was reopened to the public in 2004 by Mackinac State Historic Parks as part of the Fort Michilimackinac complex. The light's original Fresnel lens is on display. An admission fee is charged. A state historical marker was erected in 1972. It is Registered Site S0377.