Posted on August 31st, 2018The 110-foot USRC Mackinac, later USCGC Mackinac, was built in Baltimore, MD in 1903. It was stationed in Sault Ste. Marie and served the United States Revenue Cutter Service from 1903 to 1915 and in the United States Coast Guard from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1919 to 1939, patrolling the Straits of M… READ MORE
Posted on August 14th, 2018
Scattered around Mackinaw City are several wooden sculptures carved by local resident Jerry Prior, each depicting a person of historical importance in town. Prior started wood sculpting in 1989, shortly after he retired from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), where he worked as… READ MORE
Posted on August 10th, 2018
The Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce has shared the following information about this year’s Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk…on Monday, September 3.
It’s true, there are big changes in the event this year. While the loss of busing service is notable, this may ultimately be a happy change… READ MORE
Posted on August 1st, 2018By Dianna Stampfler
Michigan has more lighthouse than any other state (at nearly 120) and the Straits area is home to more than a dozen of these historic navigational aids. You’re invited to celebrate National Lighthouse Day (August 7) in the heart of the Great Lakes.
I first started researching M… READ MORE
Posted on July 18th, 2018
Have you heard? July is National Picnic Month…and Mackinaw City is the perfect place to celebrate along the shores of the Straits of Mackinac!
According to DaysOfTheYear.com, “The word ‘picnic’ is thought to have first been used by Tony Willis in 1692, and from that point forward everyone… READ MORE
Posted on July 12th, 2018
Each summer, hundreds of magnificent sailboats (aka yachts) race their way north through the Great Lakes to the Straits of Mackinac, converging on Mackinac Island in two of the most esteemed freshwater sailing competitions in the world. One race starts in Chicago, the other in Port Huron, held in c… READ MORE
Posted on June 27th, 2018
By definition, a waterfall is “a perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream” or “a place where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river.”
Many people think you need to be in the western United States to see waterfalls, but in fa… READ MORE
Posted on June 21st, 2018
Mackinac State Historic Parks archaeological program began its 60th consecutive season of work at Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City earlier this summer.
In 1959, the Mackinac Island State Park Commission contracted with Michigan State University to carry out a season of excavation… READ MORE
Posted on June 12th, 2018By Dan Friedhoff, Secretary – Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve Association
Just off the shores of Mackinaw City lie a multitude of shipwrecks that are frequently explored during the summer months by scuba divers.
The Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve is known as one of the best s… READ MORE
Posted on June 1st, 2018
More than 100 cars are expected to gather on Saturday, July 21 for the 5th Annual Mackinaw City Mustang Stampede to be held at Conkling Heritage Park, along the shores of Lake Huron, in downtown Mackinaw City. Celebrating Ford Motor Company’s iconic Mustang, which first rolled off the assembly… READ MORE
