About 1.2 million people visit Mackinac Island each year, so navigating the island during the peak summer season can be ...

Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island. Founded in 1780, Fort Mackinac sits on a limestone bluff overlooking the island’s downtown and the wild waters of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.

Much of Mackinac Island was designated as a national park in 1875, but it proved to be too expensive for the government to ...

Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island officially opened its 2025 season on Friday, May 2, with a shot from its cannon overlooking Marquette Park and downtown. "With the firing of the cannon at 9 a.m ...

MACKINAC ISLAND, MICH. -- For 240 years, Fort Mackinac has sat perched atop a hill on Mackinac Island, where it has played a significant role in the region’s history.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. -- Fort Mackinac, which, in accordance with a provision of the last Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, has been turned over to Gov. Rich of Michigan, was of great importance in ...

Mackinac Island features one of the nation's top butterfly gardens, per the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards. Here's what to know.

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI - A new fitness event with a big side of history is making its debut this spring on Mackinac Island. The Fort2Fort Five Mile Challenge will take runners and walkers from Fort ...

Fort Mackinac Never Sweats' John "Ratso" Hiller bats against Rochester Grangers during a vintage base ball game on Mackinac Island, Saturday, July 24, 2021. Hiller is a member of the Detroit ...

The Fort Mackinac Never Sweats will take on the Rochester Grangers Saturday evening in the annual vintage “base ball” game which will be played barehanded and by gentlemen’s rules.