Attractions

A-Maze-N-Mirrors

Animal Tracks Adventure Golf

Colonial Michilimackinac

Fort Mackinac

Historic Mill Creek

Mackinaw Crossings

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

Businesses

Arnold Mackinac Island Ferry Co.

Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry

Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry

Straits Area Vesper Cruise

Community Information

Mackinaw Area Chamber of Commerce

P.O. Box 856

Mackinaw City, MI  49701

Golf Courses

The Mackinaw Club

Restaurants

Admiral's Table Restaurant

State Parks and Camping in Michigan

Mackinac Island State Park, Mackinac Island

Local History

Jean Nicolet was sent here in 1634 by Samuel Champlain to explore the country and to make peace with the Indians.  It became a fur trading post in 1673 and one of the sites of Fort Michilimackinac, 1712-1781.

In 1857, Edgar Conkling and Asbury M. Searles, as trustees of the proprietors of Mackinaw lands, had the village platted by R. C. Phillips.  George W. Stimson is credited with founding the present village in 1870.  General storekeeper Louis J. Willets became its first postmaster on April 25, 1871.

It's name was shortened to Mackinaw on November 22, 1894, but was restored to Mackinaw City on December 19, 1935.  The coming through of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad in 1881 guaranteed the success of the community.  Incorporated as a village in 1882.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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