Fort Michilimackinac
Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th-century French, and later British, fort and trading post at the Straits of Mackinac; it was built on the northern tip of the lower peninsula of the present-day state of Michigan in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: fort on the south side of the straits
- Also known as: “Colonial Fort Michilimackinac”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Colonial Michilimackinac Park and Old Mackinac Point Light.
Colonial Michilimackinac Park
Park
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Fort Michilimackinac State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Mackinaw City along the Straits of Mackinac. The park contains Fort Michilimackinac, which itself is dedicated a National Historic Landmark and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse as well as the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse Signal Tower which contains a foghorn.
Old Mackinac Point Light
Building
Photo: James Marvin Phelps, CC BY 2.0.
Old Mackinac Point Light is a deactivated lighthouse located at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lighthouse is part of Fort Michilimackinac State Park in the village of Mackinaw City just east of the Mackinac Bridge. Old Mackinac Point Light is situated 1,700 feet east of Fort Michilimackinac.
Mackinaw City Historical Marker
Memorial
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Mackinaw City Historical Marker is a memorial, which is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Fort Michilimackinac.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mackinaw City and St. Ignace.
Mackinaw City
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Mackinaw City is a city of 800 people in the Mackinac Area at the tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It's the southern terminus of the 5-mile Mackinac Bridge.
St. Ignace
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St. Ignace is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, at the north end of the Mackinac Bridge.
Carp Lake
Village
Carp Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 357. Carp Lake is situated 6 miles south of Fort Michilimackinac.
Fort Michilimackinac
- Categories: fort, archaeological site, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Emmet, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.78651° or 45° 47′ 12″ northLongitude
-84.736° or 84° 44′ 10″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Open location code
86QQQ7P7+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 79636331OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q370648
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Fort Michilimackinac” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “米奇利麦基诺堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Michilimackinac”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ميتشيليماكيناك”
- French: “Fort Michilimackinac”
- French: “fort Michilimakinac”
- French: “Fort Michillimackinac”
- French: “Fort Michillimakinac”
- French: “Michilimackinac”
- French: “Michilimakinac”
- French: “Michillimackinac”
- French: “Michillimakinac”
- German: “Fort Michilimackinac”
- Japanese: “ミシリマキノー砦”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Michilimackinac”
- Norwegian: “Fort Michilimackinac”
- Russian: “Форт Мишилимакино”
- Spanish: “Fort Michilimackinack”
- Spanish: “Fort Michillimackinac”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Michilimakinac”
- Swedish: “Fort Michilimackinac”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Colonial Michilimackinac and Colonial Michilimackinac Visitor Center.
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