Mackinac Island Historic Events

Information about Mackinac Island historic events and notable people can be found at Fort Mackinac and in many well-written books such as
A Picturesque Situation: Mackinac Before Photography, 1615-1860 (Great Lakes Books)

Notable People and Events

• Fort Mackinac was built by the British in 1780
• The Grand Hotel was built in 1887


• The Governor's Mansion, originally a private cottage, was built in 1902
• The first summer cottages were built in the 1880’s
• German U-boat (now housed at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry) stopped overnight as it was towed to Chicago in the early 1950’s
• The royal yacht Britannia with Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II sailed through the Straits of Mackinac
• Freighters and ore boats continue to pass through the Straits of Mackinac to this day


• Mackinac Bridge connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan was completed in 1957
• "This Time For Keeps" starring Esther Williams was filmed on the Island in 1947
• "Somewhere In Time" starring Christopher Reeves, Jane Seymour, and several locals as extras, was filmed in 1980
• President Gerald Ford visited the Island during his presidency. He had stayed on the Island with his Boy Scout troop as a member of the Governor’s Honor Guard years earlier.

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