Somewhere in Time
Straits Sky
The Bois Blanc Lights
Poe Reef Light
Poe Reef Light
Poe Reef Light
14 Foot Shoal Light
14 Foot Shoal Light
Leaving Cheboygan
Roseway and Ferries
Old Mackinac Point Light
The Bridge
Mackinac
Round Island Light
Round Island Passage Light
Joan on the Boardwalk
Old Dock, Older Dock
Once in a Very Blue Moon
We're in Saint Ignace, and the Weather is Perfect
The Mackinac Straits Bridge in the Fog
Ugly Anne
Joseph L Block
Samuel de Champlain and Innovation
St Helena Light
St Helena Light
Above the harbor.
The Fort
The Bridge in the Fog
Round Island Light
Meters
Saint Ignace Sunrise
Nope, We Didn't Walk the Bridge this Morning
Joan Amongst the Lilacs
The Priest's House and Ste Anne's Church
The Mackinac Straits Bridge
The Mackinac Straits Bridge
The Mackinac Straits Bridge
The Mackinac Straits Bridge
Aspects of the Bridge
Aspects of the Bridge
Aspects of the Bridge
Aspects of the Bridge
Aspects of the Bridge
Aspects of the Bridge
Straits with Bridge
Straits Bridge
Straits Bridge
I Could Watch Terns for Hours
Tern Steals Rock from Duck
Tern
The Mackinac Straits Bridge
Feeding Time
Summer
Geese @ the Bridge
Huron
Come on In, the Water's … shallow
Alamosborg
Straits Passage
Furled
Roseway @ Rest
Age 13: Siblings in Stocks
The Guard House
Don't Feed the Gulls
A Grey Morning at Mackinac
Gulls are a Feature
The Long Beach at Cheboygan
Location
See also...
Keywords
Row Houses
On the right side, the farther house is the Piquet House; the nearer one is labeled British Trader's House. They call the farther building on the left the Priest's House. These names have historical justification, though they are simplifications of a complicated reality.
Colonial Michilimackinac, on the Mackinac Straits, is a reconstruction of a walled village which was originally built by French traders around 1715. The complex was occupied by the British Army in 1761, who coexisted with the traders. The British destroyed the fort in the early 1780s, deeming it indefensible, moving the buildings and residents to Mackinac Island.
The reconstruction's based on archeological research which occurs at the site every summer, so the building locations can be assumed to be accurate; so, for the same reason, are the room arrangements. I'm pretty sure the buildings themselves are, at best, educated guesses, as are their specific contents.
It's a neat place, even if I take the details with a grain of salt. The historical displays and knowledgable costumed staff make it among the best museums I know, and the archeologists seem to consider talking with the tourists to be part of their job. I've been visiting it occasionally nearly as long as I can remember.
Colonial Michilimackinac, on the Mackinac Straits, is a reconstruction of a walled village which was originally built by French traders around 1715. The complex was occupied by the British Army in 1761, who coexisted with the traders. The British destroyed the fort in the early 1780s, deeming it indefensible, moving the buildings and residents to Mackinac Island.
The reconstruction's based on archeological research which occurs at the site every summer, so the building locations can be assumed to be accurate; so, for the same reason, are the room arrangements. I'm pretty sure the buildings themselves are, at best, educated guesses, as are their specific contents.
It's a neat place, even if I take the details with a grain of salt. The historical displays and knowledgable costumed staff make it among the best museums I know, and the archeologists seem to consider talking with the tourists to be part of their job. I've been visiting it occasionally nearly as long as I can remember.
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.