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Mackinac               (Mack-in-naw)               Island               is               located               in               the               Northern               part               of               Michigan's               Lower               Peninsula.

It               is               located               on               the               Straights               of               Mackinac               outside               of               Mackinaw               City.

The               Straights               of               Mackinaw               separates               the               Upper               and               Lower               Peninsulas               of               Michigan.

The               Straights               of               Mackinac               also               separate               Lake               Huron               from               Lake               Michigan.

Mackinac               Island               was               a               sacred               place               to               the               Anishinaab-               Oijbwe               tribe.

They               said               it               was               the               home               to               the               Great               Spirit               Gitchie               Manitou.

The               tribes               buried               their               chiefs               on               Mackinac               Island               to               honor               the               Great               Spirit.

The               island               became               a               tribal               gathering               place               and               each               spring               celebrations               were               held               to               honor               the               Great               Spirit.

French               traders               and               Jesuit               missionaries               first               visited               Mackinaw               in               the               1670's.

Father               Jacques               Marquette               established               a               congregation               and               started               converting               the               Native               Americans               to               Christianity.
               The               French,               British               and               American               settlements               on               the               island               prospered               for               150               years               trading               in               fox,               beaver,               otter               and               muskrat               pelts.

Following               the               French               and               Indian               War               (1754-1763)               the               British               moved               their               settlement               from               the               present               day               Mackinaw               City               to               Mackinac               Island.

Fort               Mackinac               was               built               by               the               British               in               1780.

The               Chippewa               chiefs               sold               Mackinac               Island               to               the               British               in               1781.

The               British               turned               the               island               over               to               the               Americans               after               the               War               of               1812.

The               island               became               one               of               the               most               important               trading               posts               in               John               Jacob               Astor's               American               Fur               Trading               Company               in               the               1820's.
               Mackinac               Island               became               a               popular               tourist               destination               following               the               Civil               War.

The               island's               economy               shifted               to               tourism.

In               1875               the               island               was               made               a               national               park               by               Congress.

Mackinac               Island               National               Park               became               the               nations               second,               following               Yellowstone.

The               park               covers               80               percent               of               Mackinac               Island.
               During               the               1880's               and               1890's               the               island               changed               dramatically.

The               wealth               from               the               railroads               led               to               the               construction               of               elegant               summer               homes               and               cottages.

The               island               maintained               a               unique               atmosphere.

Local               carriage               drivers               were               hired               to               take               tourists               on               sightseeing               trips.

In               1896               a               representative               of               the               local               carriage               drivers               petitioned               the               Village               of               Mackinac               to               exclude               "horseless               carriages"               because               they               startled               the               horses.

This               ban               remains               in               effect               today               with               the               exception               of               emergency,               city               and               State               Park               vehicles.
               The               Grand               Hotel               was               a               result               of               a               cooperative               effort               between               three               transportation               companies               and               hotelier               John               Oliver               Plank.

In               1886               the               Michigan               Central               Railroad,               Detroit               and               Cleveland               Steamship               Navigation               Company               and               the               Grand               Rapids               and               Indiana               Railroad               formed               the               Mackinac               Island               Hotel               Company.

Charles               Caskey               was               a               local               cottage               builder               with               a               reputation               for               fast               construction.

He               was               hired               to               build               the               Grand               Hotel               and               finished               the               project               in               only               four               months.
               The               Grand               Hotel               opened               on               July               10,               1887.

Today               the               Grand               Hotel               is               listed               among               the               best               hotels               in               the               world.

It               features               the               longest               front               porch               in               the               world               at               660               feet.

The               Hotel               has               over               130,000               over               night               guests               each               season.

The               5,000,000th               guest               checked               in               to               the               hotel               on               June               26,               2006.

More               than               1               million               people               visit               Mackinac               Island               each               year               but               there               are               only               600               year               round               residents.

Mackinac               Island               is               accessible               only               
               by               ferry               boat               or               plane.
               Sources
               mackinacisland.org
               grandhotel.com






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