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Fort Mackinac

7127 Huron Road, Mackinac Island, MI 49757

GPS coordinates: N 45-degrees  85.306;  W 84-degrees 61.778

Constructed by the British during the American Revolution, Fort Mackinac served as an imposing sentinel in the Straits of Mackinac for 115 years.

Within its 14 original buildings, you'll enjoy informative and interactive exhibits, a children's play area, and a Victorian-themed museum store. Outside, our 1880s soldier interpreters play concerts of military music, fire rifles on the parade ground, and deliver a cannon salute over the harbor.

Explore the state of 19th-century medicine in our newest exhibit, "Military Medicine at Mackinac," located inside the 1829 Post Hospital. Take a look through a giant microscope, watch a virtual physician make his rounds in 1837, examine the unusual medical and surgical equipment of the time...all in Michigan's oldest hospital building.

You can enter the fort through the south sally port facing Mackinac Island's Main Street or from the north side along Huron Road. Pets are welcome.

Fort Mackinac History