A Consulting Engineer from New York City Charles Fowler was in charge of constructing a plan which would start in Cheboygan, and have a series of causeways and bridges connect to Bois Blanc Island, which would connect to Round Island, then into Mackinac Island, then connect to St. Ignace.
Despite being spelled differently both Mackinac and Mackinaw are pronounced the same. The word's origins go back to the native Anishinaabe people of Michigan.
The famously car free Mackinac Island uses carriage horses and bicycles as a primary mode of transportation during summer months, but what happens to the horses in the winter?
Michigan-based travel influence Cassondra Wanders shares what happens on Mackinac Island during the winter off-season. Snowmobiles replace horses and bicycles.