Michilimackinac - Wikipedia
Michilimackinac (/ ˌ m ɪ ʃ ə l ə ˈ m æ k ə n ɔː / MISH-ə-lə-MAK-ə-naw) is derived from an Ottawa Ojibwe name for present-day Mackinac Island and the region around the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. [1]
Mackinac Island - Wikipedia
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.
Colonial Michilimackinac History - Mackinac State Historic Parks
1761– British take control of Fort Michilimackinac in September following French and Indian War. 1763– Fort Michilimackinac attacked and captured by local Ojibwa as part of Pontiac’s Uprising. 1764– Fort Michilimackinac returned to the British by American Indians. British arrive aboard the schooner Gladwin, the first sailing vessel to ...
Colonial Michilimackinac - Mackinac State Historic Parks
Treasures from the past come to life at this 18 th -century fort and fur trading village, reconstructed based on historic maps and more than 60 years of archaeological excavations. As you walk through Colonial Michilimackinac, you are stepping back in time to 1775, as the American Revolution began.
Explorer’s guide to Mackinac Island: Cave of bones and more
Skull Cave no longer is used as a sacred burial site, but it remains intact – awaiting Mackinac Island explorers looking for adventure off the beaten path. The landmark is just one of many fascinating sites to find on Mackinac Island:
Michilimackinac Island Treaty No.1 (1781) - The Canadian …
2023年7月12日 — The Michilimackinac Island Treaty created a lasting Settler occupation on Mackinac Island. Additionally, obtaining a surrender of an entire island for military, trade and settlement served as a precedent for the 1796 St. Joseph Island Treaty.
Michilimackinac State Park - Mackinac State Historic Parks
Michilimackinac State Park sits at the northern-most point of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and offers an unparalleled view of the Mackinac Bridge, Straits of Mackinac, Mackinac Island, and the Upper Peninsula.
Colonial Michilimackinac - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go …
Colonial Michilimackinac. 969 reviews. #1 of 36 things to do in Mackinaw City. Parks. Write a review. About. War in the West: Michilimackinac 1779. Treasures from the past come to life at this 18th-century fort and fur trading village, reconstructed based on historic maps and more than 60 years of archaeological excavations.
Founders and Frontiersmen (Mackinac Island) - National Park Service
Mackinac Island was a rendezvous point for the French explorers and traders who probed eastward and southward from the Great Lakes and a key trading and military post for the British. In the first part of the 19th century it was a major military outpost on the U.S. frontier and the heart of John Jacob Astor's fur empire.
Explorers and Settlers (Fort Michilimackinac) - National Park Service
Fort Michilimackinac was an important bastion of French and English power on the Straits of Mackinac and a vital fur-trade center. French hegemony in the American heartland was closely related to its control of the highly strategic straits, the crossroads of the upper Great Lakes connecting Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior.