g.-This name is given to some strange Indians (according to the sayings of the Otchipwes ), who are rowing through the woods, and who are sometimes heard shooting, but never seen. Historic references include one by Father Frederic Baraga, a Slovenian missionary priest in Michigan, who in his 1878 dictionary wrote: The Menominee traditionally lived in a large territory of 10 million acres extending from Wisconsin to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The British shortened it to the present name: "Mackinac." Michillimackinac is also spelled as Mishinimakinago, Mǐshǐma‛kǐnung, Mi-shi-ne-macki naw-go, Missilimakinak, Teiodondoraghie, and in Ojibwe syllabics: ᒥᔑᒥᑭᓈᒃ. The French transliterated the work and spelled it as Michilimackinac. government and son of an Odawa chief, said the island was known locally after a tribe that had lived there. Andrew Blackbird, an official interpreter for the U.S. The Anishinaabe peoples in the Straits of Mackinac region likened the shape of the island to that of a turtle so they named it "Mitchimakinak" ( Ojibwe: mishimikinaak) "Big Turtle". Like many historic places in the Great Lakes region, Mackinac Island's name derives from a Native American language, in this case Ojibwe language. In 2022, Travel + Leisure named Mackinac Island the best island in the continental U.S. More than 80 percent of the island is preserved as Mackinac Island State Park. It is well known for numerous cultural events a wide variety of architectural styles, including the Victorian Grand Hotel and its ban on almost all motor vehicles. Because of its historic significance, the entire island is listed as a National Historic Landmark.
Many of the structures on the island have undergone extensive historical preservation and restoration. In the late 19th century, Mackinac Island became a popular tourist attraction and summer colony. It was the site of two battles during the War of 1812 before the northern border was settled and the US gained this island in its territory. Based on a former trading post, Fort Mackinac was constructed on the island by the British during the American Revolutionary War. It was a strategic center of the fur trade around the Great Lakes. The island was long home to an Odawa settlement and previous indigenous cultures before European colonization began in the 17th century. It is located in Lake Huron, at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac, between the state's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac and "Mitchimakinak" in Ojibwemowin meaning "Big Turtle". Mackinac Island ( / ˈ m æ k ɪ n ɔː/ MAK-in-aw French: Île Mackinac Ojibwe: Mishimikinaak ᒥᔑᒥᑭᓈᒃ Ottawa: Michilimackinac) is an island and resort area, covering 4.35 square miles (11.3 km 2) in land area, in the U.S. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of syllabics.
This article contains Canadian Aboriginal syllabic characters.
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