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Tourist Spot Attractions In Mackinac Island

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Mackinac Island is an island and resort area, covering 3.8 square miles in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Lake Huron, at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac, between the state's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. The island was home to an Odawa settlement before European exploration began in the 17th century. It served a strategic position as a center on the commerce of the Great Lakes fur trade. This led to the establishment of Fort Mackinac on the island by the British during the American Revolutionary War. It was the site of two battles during the War of 1812.In the late 19th century, Mackinac Island became a popular tour...
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  • 1. St Anne's Catholic Church Mackinac Island
    Holy Name of Mary Proto-Cathedral, also known as St. Mary Proto-Cathedral, is a historic Roman Catholic parish church in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States that was formerly a cathedral church and the first Cathedral, hence Proto-Cathedral, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette. It is the oldest parish and oldest cathedral parish in Michigan, and the third oldest parish in the United States . While the present church edifice, the fifth for the Parish, dates from 1881, the Parish began in 1668 as a Jesuit mission. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and designated a State of Michigan historic site in 1989. The Proto-Cathedral was the Cathedral of the Diocese of Marquette when it was denominated the Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, which diocesan title...
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  • 2. Round Island Lighthouse Mackinac Island
    This article is about the Round Island near the Mackinac Straits. For other Round Islands in Michigan, see List of islands of Michigan.Round Island is an uninhabited island in Mackinac County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in the Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The Native Americans called the island Nissawinagong. The island has an area of only 378 acres . Almost the entire island comprises the Round Island Wilderness Area within the Hiawatha National Forest. The island is nominally part of the City of Mackinac Island, Michigan, but is in fact overseen by the U.S. Forest Service. Round Island is adjacent to, and to some extent protects the harbor of, nearby Mackinac Island, and the estimated 900,000 tourists who visit Mackinac Island annually ...
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  • 3. Biddle House Mackinac Island
    The Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was descended from English immigrants William Biddle and Sarah Kempe , who arrived in the Province of New Jersey in 1681. Quakers, they had emigrated from England in part to escape religious persecution. Having acquired extensive rights to more than 43,000 acres of lands in West Jersey, they settled first at Burlington, a city which developed along the east side of the Delaware River.William Biddle, 3rd , and John Biddle , two third-generation brothers, moved from Mount Hope near Bordentown, also on the east side of the Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1720s and 1730s. They constituted the first generation of the Philadelphia Biddle family. The family became prominent in business, political and cultural affairs of the city.
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