Mackinaw City, MI Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Forty miles northeast of Petoskey, MACKINAW CITY has long enjoyed a steady tourist trade as the major embarkation point for Mackinac Island (the other is the sleepier town of St Ignace just across the bridge). Mackinaw City was once little more than a bland colony of cheap motels and fudge shops looking for business from those who couldn't get a place to stay on the island. The city was once a terminus for freight trains; the oil and other detritus they dumped put the city's sewer system under strain and for a decade or so there was a moratorium on new development. Now, the streets have been landscaped with trees … more »