Fort Mackinac

Fort Mackinac
Fort Mackinac
Fort Mackinac is located in Michigan
Fort Mackinac
Fort Mackinac is located in the United States
Fort Mackinac
LocationHuron Rd., Mackinac Island, Michigan
Coordinates45°51′8″N 84°37′2″W / 45.85222°N 84.61722°W / 45.85222; -84.61722
Built1782
NRHP reference No.70000280[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 1966[3]
Designated June 9, 1960
Designated MSHSFebruary 19, 1958[2]
Fort Mackinack[4]
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Fort Mackinac (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw) is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, on Mackinac Island. The British built the fort during the American Revolutionary War to control the strategic Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and by extension the fur trade on the Great Lakes. The British did not relinquish the fort until thirteen years after the end of the American Revolutionary War. Fort Mackinac later became the scene of two strategic battles for control of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. During most of the 19th century, it served as an outpost of the United States Army. Closed in 1895, the fort has been adapted as a museum on the grounds of Mackinac Island State Park.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Fort Mackinac". Historic Sites Online. Michigan State Housing Development Authority. 2009. Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  3. ^ "Michigan History Arts and Letters". Michigan Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
  4. ^ a b Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers. p. 267.