Editing Mackinac Island (section)

=== Film and television ===
The swimming pool at the Grand Hotel is named for [[Esther Williams]], who starred in the 1947 film ''[[This Time for Keeps]].'' This featured many scenes filmed on Mackinac Island.<ref>{{cite web |author=Keith Stokes |url=http://www.mightymac.org/island.htm |title=Mackinac Island Michigan photographs |publisher=Mightymac.org |access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grandhotel.com/activities/esther-williams-pool|title=esther williams pool - America's True Grand Hotel|date=July 31, 2020 }}</ref>

The majority of the 1980 film ''[[Somewhere in Time (film)|Somewhere in Time]]'' was filmed at [[Mission Point (Mackinac Island)|Mission Point]] on Mackinac Island.<ref name="MP historical museum">Mission Point historical museum {{cite web|url=http://www.missionpoint.com/resort_activities/tower_museum/ |title=Observation Tower and Exhibits |access-date=2014-06-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620131654/http://www.missionpoint.com/resort_activities/tower_museum/ |archive-date=June 20, 2014 }} Retrieved June 11, 2014</ref> Several landmarks are visible in the film, including the Grand Hotel and the lighthouse on nearby Round Island. The film's director said he needed to "find a place that looked like it hadn't changed in eighty years."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findtravelguide.com/america/mackinac-island |title=Mackinac Island |date=September 18, 2009 |publisher=Find Travel Guide |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430033541/http://www.findtravelguide.com/america/mackinac-island |archive-date=April 30, 2012 }}</ref>

Mackinac Island was featured on two episodes of the mid-2000s TV series ''[[Dirty Jobs]].'' Host [[Mike Rowe]] interviewed a [[Mackinac Bridge]] maintenance worker, and a horse manure and garbage removal/composting collector.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/filmoffice/0,1607,7-248-46449-174459--,00.html |title="Dirty Jobs" airs Mackinac Island episode August 28. |publisher=Michigan Film Office |access-date=June 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220083421/http://www.michigan.gov/filmoffice/0%2C1607%2C7-248-46449-174459--%2C00.html |archive-date=December 20, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2007/0602/Front_Page/002.html |title=Island Work Featured on 'Dirty Jobs': Discovery Channel Show Gets the Dirt on Toughest Island Jobs |last=Gould |first=Karen |date=June 7, 2007 |publisher=Mackinac Island Town Crier |access-date=June 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818054144/http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2007/0602/Front_Page/002.html |archive-date=August 18, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the Netflix show [[Emily in Paris]] season 2, episode 6, Emily says that she went on a [[Vespa]] fudge tour with her mom around Mackinac Island when she was younger; however in real life Vespas aren't allowed on Mackinac Island.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-15 |title=These Emily in Paris Secrets Will Have You Saying "Mon Dieu" |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1316029/these-emily-in-paris-secrets-will-have-you-saying-mon-dieu |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=E! Online}}</ref>