Mackinaw Area Chamber of Commerce

P.O. Box 856

Mackinaw City, MI  49701

Attractions

A-Maze-N-Mirrors, Mackinaw City

Animal Tracks Adventure Golf, Mackinaw City

Colonial Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City

Fort Mackinac, Mackinaw City

Historic Mill Creek, Mackinaw City

Mackinaw Crossings, Mackinaw City

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, Mackinaw City

Businesses

Arnold Mackinac Island Ferry Co., Mackinaw City

Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry, Mackinaw City

Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry, Mackinaw City

Straits Area Vesper Cruise, Mackinaw City

State Parks and Camping in Michigan

Mackinac Island State Park

Local History

From its Indian name, the French called it Michilimackinac; the claim that it was explored by Jean Nicolet in 1634 and visited by the Jesuits Claude Dablon in 1670 and Jacques Marquette in 1671 is disputed; the first permanent white settlement was made in 1780; French control passed to the English who, contrary to the Treaty of 1773, did not give it up to the U.S. until 1795; lost in the War of 1812, it was regained in 1815; with the appointment of Adam B. Stewart as its first postmaster on April 14, 1819, it became the fourth post office in Michigan, preceded only by Detroit, Frenchtown (now Monroe) and Apple Creek.

It became the county seat of Michilimackinac County in 1822.  It's post office was renamed Mackinac Island on May 12, 1884.  The island was ceded to the State for park purposes in 1895.

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

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