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.
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FortMackinac (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw) is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century...
the fur trade around the Great Lakes. Based on a former trading post, FortMackinac was constructed on the island by the British during the American Revolutionary...
The Straits of Mackinac (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw; French: Détroit de Mackinac) are the short waterways between the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper and Lower...
4°37′03″W / 45.853056°N 4.6175°W / 45.853056; -4.6175 The siege of Fort of Mackinac was one of the first engagements of the War of 1812. A British and...
contains many important historical and geological features, such as FortMackinac, Fort Holmes, other historic buildings, historic sites, limestone caves...
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...
616442°W / 45.858336; -84.616442 Fort Holmes is a fortified earthen redoubt located on the highest point of Mackinac Island. Originally built in 1814...
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was replaced by Fort Lernoult Fort St. Philippe de Michilimackinac, (commonly called Fort Michilimackinac), at the Straits of Mackinac, built 1715 during...
contains Fort Michilimackinac, which itself is dedicated a National Historic Landmark and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse as well as the Old Mackinac Point...
at FortMackinac in August 1814 attempted to starve its garrison into surrender by destroying the schooner Nancy which carried supplies to Mackinac from...
Fort de Buade was a French fort in the present U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula across the Straits of Mackinac from the northern tip of lower Michigan's...
French pronunciation: Mackinaw (though the French spelling was used for FortMackinac when constructed in 1780–81). The origin of the mackinaw jacket is owed...
lines overland to Georgian Bay, and from there to FortMackinac. Fort Detroit FortMackinacFort Shelby Fort Niagara Although smaller skirmishes between the...
British to American control of FortMackinac in 1796, 13 years after the Treaty of Paris was signed. He served at the fort through 1799. From 1798 to 1802...
from the fort. On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on the British Empire, and on July 17, British forces captured FortMackinac near the...
with frequent command of Fort Holmes and FortMackinac, depending on whether there were officers senior to him at FortMackinac (1816–1821). Pierce's brother...
of 1812 broke out, the populace was prepared, and quick victories at FortMackinac and Detroit defeated American invasion efforts. Brock's actions, particularly...
Hanks, the former commander of FortMackinac who was awaiting a court-martial. The answering fire from the guns of Fort Detroit wounded two British gunners...
from an Ottawa Ojibwe name for present-day Mackinac Island and the region around the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Early...
while sending another force to recapture Mackinac. They captured Fort Erie on 3 July 1814. Unaware of Fort Erie's fall or of the size of the American...
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