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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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