This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Historic Sites Attractions In Mackinac Island

x
Mackinac Island is an island and resort area, covering 3.8 square miles in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Lake Huron, at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac, between the state's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. The island was home to an Odawa settlement before European exploration began in the 17th century. It served a strategic position as a center on the commerce of the Great Lakes fur trade. This led to the establishment of Fort Mackinac on the island by the British during the American Revolutionary War. It was the site of two battles during the War of 1812.In the late 19th century, Mackinac Island became a popular tour...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Historic Sites Attractions In Mackinac Island

  • 1. Fort Holmes Mackinac Island
    Fort Holmes is a fortified earthen redoubt located on the highest point of Mackinac Island. Originally built in 1814 by British forces during the War of 1812, the redoubt was improved by that army throughout the course of the war to help defend the adjacent Fort Mackinac from a possible attack by the U.S. Army.The British named the redoubt Fort George and reinforced it with cannon, a blockhouse, and a magazine for gunpowder and other munitions. However, Fort Holmes never functioned as an independent military fortification. It was always a dependent outpost of nearby Fort Mackinac.When United States armed forces reoccupied Mackinac Island in 1815 under the terms of the Treaty of Ghent, they took possession of Fort George. They surveyed and measured their prize, which they renamed Fort Holme...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 2. Biddle House Mackinac Island
    The Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was descended from English immigrants William Biddle and Sarah Kempe , who arrived in the Province of New Jersey in 1681. Quakers, they had emigrated from England in part to escape religious persecution. Having acquired extensive rights to more than 43,000 acres of lands in West Jersey, they settled first at Burlington, a city which developed along the east side of the Delaware River.William Biddle, 3rd , and John Biddle , two third-generation brothers, moved from Mount Hope near Bordentown, also on the east side of the Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1720s and 1730s. They constituted the first generation of the Philadelphia Biddle family. The family became prominent in business, political and cultural affairs of the city.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Mackinac Island Videos

Shares

x
x
x

Near By Places

Menu