Mackinac Island is a beautiful place. It reminded us of Cape May without the cars. You can only get there by ferry from Mackinaw City on the "mainland" or from St. Ignace on the Upper Penninsula (the UP). Once you get to the island you travel by bike or horse drawn carriage. It has been a resort since the mid-1800's so it pre-dates Cape May and was a fur trading center since the 1600's. We toured the island by carriage (that is our carriage in the picture) and visited a butterfly conservatory as well as the state park (which used to be a national park), Arch Rock and a carriage museum. The hearse is still used but the island does have a motorized fire engine as well as a police car and an ambulance.
The largest hotel on the island is the Grand Hotel. It looked beautiful but we did not go inside since they charge $10.00/person for that. Since the movie "Somewhere in Time" with Christopher Reeves was filmed there, the hotel has been over run by tourists.
The 3 very plain buildings in the pictures below are from the fur trading era. The more ornate buildings in the pictures are some of the Bed and Breakfasts on the island.
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