Mackinaw City
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Other Name: -, District: Michigan, State: Mid West, United States of America
Area: 7.6 sq mi
Languages Spoken: English
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Mackinaw City is a village in Emmet and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan.Local attractions include Fort Michilimackinac, the Mackinac Bridge, the Mackinaw Crossings shopping mall, Mill Creek, and the Old Mackinac Point Light.Location
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A reconstructed fully operational 18th century water-powered sawmill nestled in a 625 acre wooded setting. Historical guides present both natural & human history of this, one of Michigan''s first industrial sites.
The Mackinac Bridge Museum contains many interesting and original artifacts from the construction of the Mighty Mac.
The main attraction is the narrow strip of land between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, the Mackinac Straits, whose name is derived from the Algonquin word for "big turtle". Traffic crossing the large bridge and river traffic can best be observed from the west side of Mackinac Island. It was once of great strategic importance, and Fort Michilimackinac, a British fort built in the late 18th C, was the scene of fierce fighting between British and French forces.