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Mission Point is located on the southeast side of Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is approximately 21 acres (8.5 ha) in size [2] between Robinson's Folly and the jetty terminating near Franks Street. The Island has a history of documented European development beginning with French Jesuit missionaries landing at the point in 1634, less than two ...
Upper Peninsula of Michigan. / 46.23333°N 86.35000°W / 46.23333; -86.35000. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan —also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. —is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac.
Mackinac National Park. Coordinates: 45.86666°N 84.61666°W. Arch Rock on Mackinac Island. Mackinac National Park was a United States national park that existed from 1875 to 1895 on Mackinac Island in northern Michigan, making it the second U.S. national park after Yellowstone National Park. The 1,044-acre (422 ha) park was created in response ...
October 15, 1966. Sugar Loaf is a 75-foot-high (23m) landlocked rock or stack in the interior of Mackinac Island in Lake Huron. Created by erosion during the period of postglacial Lake Algonquin, Sugar Loaf is the largest post-glacial erosion feature in the Straits of Mackinac . The immense rock, which consists of resistant limestone breccia ...
Designated. March 19, 1958. The Battle of Mackinac Island (pronounced Mackinaw) was a British victory in the War of 1812. Before the war, Fort Mackinac had been an important American trading post in the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. It was important for its influence and control over the Native American tribes in the area, which ...
Lilac Festival (Mackinac Island) / 45.84917°N 84.61889°W / 45.84917; -84.61889. The Lilac Festival is a ten-day annual festival held in honor of the common lilac at Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan. The festival, which has been held since 1949, [1] begins on the second Friday of June and concludes, on the third Sunday of ...
Round Island Passage Light. / 45.8433°N 84.615°W / 45.8433; -84.615. Round Island Passage Light is SW of the southern end of the west breakwater guarding Haldimand Bay. Round Island Passage Light is an automated, unmanned lighthouse located in the Round Island Channel in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. [3] [4] [5] The channel is a ...
