Editing Mackinac Island (section)

== Points of interest ==
[[File:The Governors House on Mackinac Island. The Governor of Michigan, while in office, can use this residence as a vacation home..jpg|thumb|upright|right|alt=A medium-sized four-story house with wooden siding and a covered porch on the first floor.|The Governors House on Mackinac Island. The Governor of Michigan, while in office, can use this residence as a vacation home.]]

All of Mackinac Island was listed as a National Historic Landmark in October 1960. In addition, because of the island's long history and preservation efforts starting in the 1890s, eight separate locations on the island, and a ninth site on adjacent Round Island, are listed in the United States [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=".orgHistory"/> In 2022 ''[[Travel + Leisure]]'' named Mackinac Island the best island in the continental U.S. to visit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 15 Best Islands in the Continental U.S. |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best/best-islands-in-the-us-2022 |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Travel + Leisure |language=en}}</ref>

* The entire island, Haldimand Bay, and a small [[shipwreck]] form a historic district.<ref name="HistplacesPDF"/><ref name="NatlHistPlaces">{{cite web |title=Michigan: Mackinac County |publisher=Nationalregisterofhistoricalplaces.com |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/mi/Mackinac/state.html |access-date=March 9, 2007}}</ref>
* Built by the British in 1780, [[Fort Mackinac]] was closed as a fort by the United States in 1895 as it no longer had any strategic purpose. It has been restored to its late 19th-century state through efforts beginning in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fort Mackinac |work=Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula |publisher=Midwestern Guides |url=http://hunts-upguide.com/city_of_mackinac_island_fort_mackinac.html |access-date=May 23, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Fort Mackinac |publisher=Mackinac Island State Park Commission |url=http://www.mackinacparks.com/parks/a-brief-history-of-fort-mackinac_606/ |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613184444/http://www.mackinacparks.com/parks/a-brief-history-of-fort-mackinac_606/ |archive-date=June 13, 2007 }}</ref>
* The [[Biddle House (Mackinac Island)|Biddle House]], one of the oldest structures on Mackinac Island, was built about 1780 and is interpreted in its role as a prosperous home for the [[Métis]] Biddle family during the height of the fur trade in the 1820s.<ref name="State Park">{{cite web|url=http://www.mackinacparks.com/historic-downtown/index.aspx?l=0,1,10,12,190 |title=Historic Buildings |work=[[Mackinac State Historic Parks]] |access-date=February 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306020333/http://www.mackinacparks.com/historic-downtown/index.aspx?l=0%2C1%2C10%2C12%2C190 |archive-date=March 6, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="HB02">{{cite web |url=http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |title=Biddle House |work=michmarkers.com |access-date=February 1, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315141338/http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |archive-date=March 15, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* The [[McGulpin House]], a working-class home possibly constructed prior to 1780, is interpreted as a frontier working-class home.<ref name="State Park"/>
* The Agency House of the [[American Fur Company]] was built in 1820 as the residence for the company's Mackinac Island agent, [[Robert Stuart (explorer)|Robert Stuart]]. It has been adapted as a fur trade museum and is open to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=Market Street, 1820s fur trade center |work=Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula |publisher=Midwestern Guides |url=http://hunts-upguide.com/city_of_mackinac_island_market_street__1820s_fur_trade_center.html |access-date=May 23, 2007}}</ref>
* The [[Mission House (Mackinac Island)|Mission House]] was built on [[Mission Point (Mackinac Island)|Mission Point]] in 1825 by Presbyterian missionary [[William Montague Ferry]] as a boarding school for Native American and Métis children. It became a hotel in 1849 and a rooming house in 1939. It is restored and now houses State Park employees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission House |publisher=MI State Historic Preservation Objects |url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/9195.htm |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013242/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/9195.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>
* The 108-foot tall glassed-in Mission Point historical museum has five floors of historical exhibits and views of the Mackinac Straits. Exhibits include the maritime history of Mackinac Island, Great Lakes lighthouses, shipping, and shipwrecks, [[Mackinac Bridge]] construction, and the film ''Somewhere in Time'', which was primarily filmed on [[Mission Point (Mackinac Island)|Mission Point]] property.<ref name="MP historical museum" />
* The [[Mission Church (Michigan)|Mission Church]] was built in 1829 and is the oldest surviving church building in Michigan. It has been restored to its 1830s appearance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Your Wedding at Mission Church |publisher=Mackinac Island State Park Commission |url=http://www.mackinacparks.com/parks/your-wedding-at-mission-church-_108/ |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604152651/http://www.mackinacparks.com/parks/your-wedding-at-mission-church-_108/ |archive-date=June 4, 2007 }}</ref>
* The [[Indian Dormitory]] was constructed under direction of U.S. Indian agent [[Henry Rowe Schoolcraft]] after the US and area tribes signed the 1836 [[Treaty of Washington (1836)|Treaty of Washington]]. It operated as a school and a place for Native Americans to stay while coming to the island to receive yearly annuities. The building was restored in 1966 and converted to a museum; it closed in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |last=Petersen |first=Eugene |title=Indian Dormitory |work=History of Mackinac Island |publisher=Mackinac.com |url=http://www.mackinac.com/content/general/history_indian.html |access-date=May 23, 2007 |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108224232/http://mackinac.com/content/general/history_indian.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> On July 2, 2010, the building was reopened for use as The Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum. It showcases Mackinac art from prehistory to the present, and includes a children's art studio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mackinacparks.com/mackinac-art-museum/ |title=Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum |publisher=Mackinac State Historic Parks |access-date=May 31, 2012 |archive-date=May 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527060410/http://www.mackinacparks.com/mackinac%2Dart%2Dmuseum/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The [[Matthew Geary House]], built in 1846 as a private residence, was added to the NRHP in 1971. Privately owned, it is available for lease for vacation rentals.<ref name="NatlHistPlaces"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Geary House Rental |publisher=Mackinac Island State Park Commission |url=http://www.mackinacparks.com/parks/geary-house-rental_583/ |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613174927/http://www.mackinacparks.com/parks/geary-house-rental_583/ |archive-date=June 13, 2007 }}</ref>
* The current Catholic [[Sainte Anne Church (Mackinac Island)|Sainte Anne Church]] was built from 1874. It replaced earlier parish churches in use on Mackinac Island and the adjacent mainland; the parish register records participants in sacraments such as baptisms, marriages, and funerals from 1695.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ste. Anne Catholic Church on Mackinac Island, Michigan |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette]] |url=http://www.steanneschurch.org |access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref>
* The [[Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)|Grand Hotel]] is a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]]-style structure that opened in 1887. The 1980 film ''[[Somewhere in Time (film)|Somewhere in Time]]'' was shot on location at the hotel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Hotel |publisher=Roadside America |url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/hotels_motels/hotelinfo/93841.html |access-date=September 10, 2007}}</ref>
* The [[Round Island Light (Michigan)|Round Island Lighthouse]] is located just south of Mackinac Island on the small, uninhabited Round Island, which is held and operated by the US Forest Service. The light was built in 1894 and automated in 1924. Extensive restoration began in the 1970s, and the exterior and structure have since been repaired.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pepper |first=Terry |title=Round Island Light |date=December 12, 2003 |url=http://www.terrypepper.com/Lights/huron/roundisland/roundisland.htm |access-date=May 23, 2007}}</ref>
* [[Wawashkamo Golf Club]] was laid out in 1898 as a [[links (golf)|Scottish links]]-type course. It is the oldest continuously played golf course in Michigan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wawashkamo Golf Club |publisher=michmarkers.com |url=http://www.michmarkers.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991127200927/http://www.michmarkers.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 27, 1999 |access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref>
* The [[Michigan Governor's Summer Residence]] was built overlooking the harbor in 1902. It was purchased by the state in 1943 for use as a seasonal governor's residence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Governor's Summer Residence Tours |publisher=Mackinac Island State Park Commission |url=http://www.mackinacparks.com/events.phtml?event=1&catid=24&month=8&year=2005&eventid=7 |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417224335/http://www.mackinacparks.com/events.phtml?event=1&catid=24&month=8&year=2005&eventid=7 |archive-date=April 17, 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Anne's Tablet]] is an [[Art Nouveau]] sculptural installation added to a blufftop overlook in 1916.<ref>{{cite web |title=Traverse Classics: The Secret of Anne's Tablet on Mackinac Island |date=August 5, 2009 |publisher=mynorth.com |url=http://mynorth.com/2009/08/traverse-classics-the-secret-of-annes-tablet-on-mackinac-island/ |access-date=February 26, 2014 |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331145642/http://mynorth.com/2009/08/traverse-classics-the-secret-of-annes-tablet-on-mackinac-island/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Several children's parks have been established on the island. The most popular ones include the playground on the schoolyard; [[Marquette Park (Mackinac Island)|Marquette Park]]; and Great Turtle Park, which includes a baseball field, skate park, barbecue area, and a play set.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mackinac Island State Parks |publisher=mackinacparks.com |url=http://www.mackinacparks.com/parks-and-attractions/mackinac-island-state-park/ |access-date=February 10, 2015}}</ref>