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Mackinac Island State Park is a state park located on Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan.A Lake Huron island, it is near the Straits of Mackinac.The island park encompasses 1,800 acres (7.3 km 2), which is approximately 80% of the island's total area.
Historic Mill Creek, formerly known as Historic Mill Creek State Park and Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park, is a state park, nature preserve, and historic site in the United States state of Michigan. It is run by Mackinac State Historic Parks, the operating arm of the Mackinac Island State Park. 625 acres (2.5 km 2) in size, the park is ...
Mackinac Island: September 25, 1956: Historic Fort Mackinac† Huron Road Mackinac Island: February 19, 1958: Mathew Geary House† Market Street Mackinac Island: February 11, 1970: Grand Hotel‡ Grand Hotel Avenue Mackinac Island: July 12, 1957: Gros Cap and St. Helena Island Informational Site Park on US-2, 6 miles west of St. Ignace St ...
The Mathew Geary House is a wood-framed single family home built about 1846. Its raised basement, an architectural response to bedrock close to the surface, is characteristic of traditional Mackinac Island architecture. The Geary House remained in the Geary family until 1968, when it was purchased by the Mackinac Island State Park. 4: Grand Hotel
The grounds were then restored, largely through archaeologically informed reconstruction, as a tourist attraction. The fort and grounds operate, as of 2024, as part of Colonial Michilimackinac Historic State Park]] in Mackinaw City, a major component of the Mackinac State Historic Parks. Interpreters, both paid and volunteer, help bring the ...
Mackinac Island (/ ˈ m æ k ə n ɔː / MAK-ə-naw, locally / ˈ m æ k ə n ə / MAK-ə-nə; French: Île Mackinac; Ojibwe: Mishimikinaak ᒥᔑᒥᑭᓈᒃ; Ottawa: Michilimackinac) is an island and resort area, covering 4.35 square miles (11.3 km 2) in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Fort Michilimackinac State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is located in Mackinaw City along the Straits of Mackinac.The park contains Fort Michilimackinac, which itself is dedicated a National Historic Landmark and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse as well as the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse Signal Tower which contains a foghorn.
Map of Mackinac Island showing the state park boundaries. From 1875 to 1895, Mackinac National Park, the second national park in the United States after Yellowstone National Park, included Fort Mackinac and much of Mackinac Island. During the national park years, the troops stationed at Mackinac acted as park rangers.