MACKINAW CITY, MICH. -- The crew at Mackinac State Historic Parks is hard at work getting ready for another summer of lively visitor programs. According to an announcement this week, the organization, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A piece of Michigan history will return home. On Wednesday, the Mackinac State Historic Parks announced it has purchased a pair of 18th century portraits with ties to Fort ...

MACKINAW CITY, MI – Mackinac State Historic Parks will open several sites this week, including popular destinations like Colonial Michilimackinac and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse and Historic Mill ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The 65th season of the archaeological excavation at Colonial Michilimackinac started with a bang. Crews arrived on May 30 and within days turned up an interesting find.

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MACKINAW CITY, MICHIGAN—Up North Live ABC reports that an eighteenth-century brass trade ring has been unearthed at Colonial Michilimackinac, a reconstruction of a fort and trading village built by ...

MACKINAW CITY — In an effort to cooperate with safety measures being implemented by the Michigan State Police for the 2024 Labor Day Bridge Walk across the Mackinac Bridge, the Colonial ...

Imagine it: Colonial Michilimackinac, in Mackinaw City, is emptying out at the end of another big day and you have the place to yourself. You make your way to the artillery platforms because it’s time ...

MACKINAW CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- For 64 years, archaeologists have been digging into the history of Colonial Michilimackinac. And as this year's dig season winds down, they're got quite a lot to ...

Mackinaw City is a key stop for many tourists in northern Michigan as they pull off Interstate 75 to take a ferry to Mackinac Island, or simply a break before continuing on to St. Ignace and the Upper ...

Mackinac State Historic Parks is turning 125 years old in 2020. The Mackinac Island State Park Commission, established in 1895 when the federal government shuttered the country’s second national park, ...