Since no motorized vehicles are allowed on the island, you have a choice of walking, riding a bicycle or taking one of the many horse drawn carriages to see the island. We chose the horse drawn carriage.
The Grand Hotel is just that: GRAND. Built in the late 1800's in just 93 days, it remains one of the grandest hotels in the US. If you are a hotel guest here, it is a requirement that after 6 PM, all men will be in a coat and tie and all ladies will be in dresses or skirts. No slacks allowed.
We enjoyed their buffet lunch and were gone before 6 PM! :-)
One of the more interesting sights on our tour was The Keyhole. The many native Americans that populated the island and are buried here, believed that this natural rock formation caused by wind and water erosion was the gateway between life on earth and the spirit world.
As a young boy I read many books on the adventures of the French and American fur trappers paddling their long canoes through the remote lakes and rivers of the vast and unexplored north country of the upper reaches of Canada and the Great Lakes. It was to places like Fort Mackinac that they would bring their furs to trade for gold and whiskey during the annual spring rendezvous.
The LONG ramp leading up to Fort Mackinac. The fort, originally built in the 1780's by the British, was finished by the Americans after the American Revolution.
The enlisted men's barracks.
The original officers quarters built in 1780.
The parade ground.
The Grand Hotel is just that: GRAND. Built in the late 1800's in just 93 days, it remains one of the grandest hotels in the US. If you are a hotel guest here, it is a requirement that after 6 PM, all men will be in a coat and tie and all ladies will be in dresses or skirts. No slacks allowed.
We enjoyed their buffet lunch and were gone before 6 PM! :-)
One of the more interesting sights on our tour was The Keyhole. The many native Americans that populated the island and are buried here, believed that this natural rock formation caused by wind and water erosion was the gateway between life on earth and the spirit world.
As a young boy I read many books on the adventures of the French and American fur trappers paddling their long canoes through the remote lakes and rivers of the vast and unexplored north country of the upper reaches of Canada and the Great Lakes. It was to places like Fort Mackinac that they would bring their furs to trade for gold and whiskey during the annual spring rendezvous.
The LONG ramp leading up to Fort Mackinac. The fort, originally built in the 1780's by the British, was finished by the Americans after the American Revolution.
The enlisted men's barracks.
The original officers quarters built in 1780.
The parade ground.
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