MACKINAW ISLAND MICHIGAN

Mackinaw Island Michigan is unlike any other place in the country. In 1999, Conde Nast Traveler readers placed Mackinac Island in the "World's Twenty Most Beautiful Islands," for scenery and environment, and in 2001 the magazine ranked it 8th in the list of "temperate islands" in its' "Top Twenty Islands in the World" list. Located between Michigan's upper and lower peninsula's, Mackinaw Island (also spelled Mackinac) is steeped in natural beauty and history. You reach the island by ferry from nearby Mackinaw City and St. Ignace. Three ferryboat companies offer reliable service and affordable fees. Once you step off the ferry onto Mackinaw Island, you enter a world of a bygone era. Tourists have been coming to this island resort since the mid 1800s. It is eighty percent state park, and nearly the whole island is actually a Victorian era theme park, with transportation limited to horse and buggy, bicycle or foot. Cars are allowed on the island only for emergencies. Taxis on the island..