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Separating Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsulas<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

And connecting Lake Michigan<\/mark><\/strong> to the west with Lake Huron<\/mark><\/strong> to the east. We camped in Mackinaw City for 5 nights, just south of the Mackinac Bridge<\/mark><\/strong>. We visited a lot<\/strong> in 4 days of touring and learned a lot about the history of this area, spending 2 days around Mackinaw City, 1 day trip on Mackinac Island, and 1 day visiting Sault Ste. Marie. Note, both Mackinaw and Mackinac are pronounced MA<\/strong>\u00b7kuh\u00b7naa. (And Michilimackinac is pronounced muh\u00b7shi\u00b7luh\u00b7MA<\/strong>\u00b7kuh\u00b7naa.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anishinaabek (Odawa, Ojibway, and Potawatomi) people, have lived in the Mackinaw City area for thousands of years. The island has been a sacred place for them, and oral traditions and archaeological evidence indicate that Native settlement may date back to 1000 A.D.. The Anishinaabek called the island “Great Turtle” and used it for fishing, trapping, navigating waterways, and as burial grounds. The island’s name, Mackinac, comes from the Native American name Michilimackinac, which the French interpreted as “Place of the Great Turtle”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Sites visited around Mackinaw City<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The first touring we did, was to drive over the “Mighty Mac<\/mark><\/strong>“, for a short visit to St. Ignace. Back to Mackinaw City, we bought a membership to Mackinac Historic State Parks<\/mark><\/strong> to visit all it’s sites, in Mackinaw City and on Mackinac Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n