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Many visitors to Mackinac decide to ride the approximately 8.2-mile state highway, M-185, around the island. The road is paved, with lines guiding traffic, and is a fairly easy ride with only a ...
The following is a list of Michigan islands in Lake Huron. Lake Huron is the second largest of the Great Lakes (after Lake Superior ). With a surface area of 23,010 mi² (59,596 km²), it ranks as the third largest fresh water lake in the world.
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.
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] Early settlers of North America applied the term to the entire region along Lakes Huron, Michigan, and ...
The island is nominally part of the City of Mackinac Island, Michigan, but is in fact overseen by the U.S. Forest Service. Round Island is adjacent to, and to some extent protects the harbor of, nearby Mackinac Island, and the estimated 900,000 tourists who visit Mackinac Island annually by ferryboat pass
Mackinac Island: 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 ...
Grand Hotel. Andrew Blackbird was the son of an Ottawa chief and served as an official interpreter for the U.S. government in the late 19th century. According to his 1887 history of the indigenous peoples of Michigan, the people of Mackinac Island had been a small independent tribe known as Mi-shi-ne-macki naw-go.
A general view of the Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen helmets prior to the 122nd Army/Navy college football game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen on December 11, 2021 ...