Fort Michilimackinac (Michigan), refers to 3 distinct military posts at the Straits of Mackinac. French explorers arrived in 1634, establishing a fort on the north shore of the straits in 1690 (St Ignace, Mich). A new stockade was erected on the south shore (Mackinaw City, Mich) about 1715 and held until the arrival of British troops in 1761, during the SEVEN YEARS' WAR. Captured by the Chippewa during the PONTIAC uprising of 1763, Michilimackinac was reoccupied a year later. The post was moved to nearby and more secure Mackinac Island (Mich) during the AMERICAN REVOLUTION and was ceded to the US in 1796. British forces from FORT ST-JOSEPH, on St Joseph's Island (Ontario), captured Michilimackinac, during the WAR OF 1812, thereby gaining control of the Northwest until the post was again returned to the US in 1815. Fort Mackinac, as the island post is more commonly called, was a major fur-trading centre until the 1830s and was garrisoned until 1895. Today the second and third forts are open to the public as museums.
 War of 1812
Author
BRIAN LEIGH DUNNIGAN
Suggested Reading
E.O. Wood, Historic Mackinac (1918).
Links to Other Sites
Fort Michilimackinac
This website is dedicated to Fort Michilimackinac in Michigan State. Occupied by French and British military forces prior to the American Revolution.
The Canadian Register of Historic Places
The Canadian Register offers a searchable database of historic places of local, provincial, territorial, and national significance.
A Brief History of Michigan
Features a description of French and British exploration, settlement and interaction with local aboriginal communities in what is now the State of Michigan. From the Michigan Legislature website. A pdf file.
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