Fort Michilimackinac - Historic Reenactments - Mackinaw City - Michigan, USA.
N 45° 47.194 W 084° 44.125
16T E 676023 N 5072828
Fort Michilimackinac now known as Colonial Michilimackinac is a National Historic Landmark and is now preserved as an open-air historical museum. Located at Mackinaw City, on the straights connecting the Great Lakes, Lake Huron & Lake Michigan.
Waymark Code: WMH6DT
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2013
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"Enjoy the pageantry and living history re-created from actual events that occurred from 1715 to 1763, including the Indians' baggataway game on that fateful June 2nd, 1763.
Anniversary performance of the Re-enactment at Fort Michilimackinac during Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of Memorial Day weekend 2013. This 51th Special Celebration will honour our performance founders in this unique performance of the area’s rich history is the longest running FREE attraction in the State of Michigan.
There are also paid entry Re-enactments of a French colonial wedding and the arrival of voyageurs, during (June-August)." Text Source: (
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"Treasures from the past come to life at this 18th-century fort and fur trading village. Reconstructed based on historic maps and more than 50 years of archaeological excavations that continue today, Colonial Michilimackinac offers a one-of-a-kind experience from cannon and musket firings to hearth cooking and crafts." Text Source:
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia:
"Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th-century French, and later British, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes of North America. Built around 1715, and abandoned in 1783, it was located along the southern shore of the strategic Straits of Mackinac connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, at the northern tip of the lower peninsula of the present-day state of Michigan in the United States." text Source: (
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Colonial Michilimackinac
aka Fort Michilimackinac
102 W. Straits Avenue
Mackinaw City, MI 49701
Hours of Operation:
Open May 2 to October 7, 2012
May 3 – June 8, 2012
August 19 – October 7, 2012
Open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(Last admission 4 p.m.)
June 9 – August 18, 2012
May 26 & 27, 2012
September 1 & 2, 2012
Open 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Admission Prices:
Adult: $11
Youth (Age 5 to 17): $6.50
Free admission for children four. and under and Mackinac Associates Members.