Mackinac Island 1944.mov 

It has NOT been here for years and it does NOT need to be here. Tourist destination or not, Mackinac Island is all about preservation of history, and I cannot name a single islander that is happy about that Starbucks (OR that friggin' Harley Davidson store) being there. It's a chain. We don't want them here. You can go to Starbucks nearly anywhere else, but while you're here, VISIT A LOCAL COFFEE SHOP FOR GOODNESS'S SAKES. It's better than the crap Starbucks serves anyway.

Why did I ever move off of this island 😭 should have stayed for the rest of my life

Amazing to see a community that was never destroyed by the automobile. Long live human powered transit.

Just drove ~9 hours (with stops) from central Wisconsin to Mackinac Island last week. Wow it is absolutely amazing. The locally owned shops are amazing, all with their personal theme to each one (I don't really get why there's a Starbucks and other modern shops though). The bikes are way better than any bike I've ever used, requiring little force to go very fast, along with wide seats for comfort. We biked around the entire island, seeing all the nice views, and the best part was that I wasn't really tired after! Visiting the island, it's absolutely beautiful. On the way back on the ferry we got amazing photos of the sunset directly under the bridge with lake huron. Planning to visit again during winter if possible! ❄️ 10/10 experience. 🌊

The music and announcer are so gentle and old timey.

That is an amazing piece of history. Thank you for posting!

I used to work for the Grand Hotel on this Island when i wasn18 & 19 years old Plus i went back when i was 21 yeaes old for the last time before i went back to California to Join the US Navy in San Diego .

Oh Lord I want to go there

ThNk you for posting this beautiful place , I’d love to see , it’s an amazing piece of beautiful history! 🙏❤️🇨🇦

Tomorrow I'm going to Mackinaw Island for cross country camp.....and this is an awesome video for the day before 😁😁😁

It's a different world that in the 40s you would take a boat from Chicago up to Macinac.

I absolutely love these nostalgic videos and it is indeed a grand old Island! 👌🇺🇸🦅👏

We have been to the island as a “Fudgie” and have spent several extended stays also. Interesting to wake up to the sound of hoofs in the morning before the daily influx of the daily visitors.

Been a long winter everywhere. But spring is blooming everywhere. Great memories of Mackinac Island.

Came to watch this video because I'm a fan of Somewhere In Time, and then about 4 1/2 minutes in, was quite surprised to be reminded of another great film, 2001: A Space Odyssey :-)

Our family visited in the late 60's. I was 7-8 years old. I really enjoyed that place. I hope to make it back there someday.

Im sure the folks in1944 didn't think that in 2023 the place would still be pretty much the same... would be an amazing place to visit out side the holidays!!.❤️🇺🇲

Glad I’ve gotten to grow up there. :)

and that pool aint heated i know.The only time I was in that pool was on the night of the wrap party for the movie "Somewhere in Time" I was one of three thrown into it Jane,Chris and Jeff.

Looks wonderful

My wife and I enjoyed the blacksmith shop. It's where we rent horses for our daily rides when we're there. We laughed that the blacksmith in the video is wearing a tie....

Beautiful thanks

Just really cool to look back.Sure lot less people and places back then,now can hardly see the island itself for all the shops and whatnot.

I have enjoyed the whole surroundings beautiful horse riding chariots lovely surroundings and The Grand Hotel where we stayed was beautiful.

I love Mackinac Island. Looks funny not seeing the Mackinac Bridge out in the straits. I've been there on a three-day stay when the weather set records in the low 90s, but most of the time it can be quite chilly. It's always wonderful to visit there especially if you like fudge.

That was awesome....I didnt know that clip existed

Looks like heaven

Thank-you for posting this. If you happen to have any more of these FitzPatrick shorts, I'd love to see them. They're virtually impossible to see outside the U.S.

I love that hotel, stayed there many times single and now married with our daughter

Year of my birth. Love this place.

Snowmobiles are allowed during the winter, and I have heard they cross the channel on them when the lake is frozen over. There are only a handful of year-round residents.

Great old video

I love Mackinac Island and the Grand Hotel.

very recognizable

Interesting to look back on what a great country America was...

Where’s has this movie been all my life?

I’ve been to Mackinac Island

20 miles; wow ! 3:49 The house, now-a-days, has been re-clad, it seems as though the original house in now gone. The re-clad house is no longer the 1818 house. There is a replica of the original house on the original site. o0o

I think it should be given back to the natives as a reserve. As much as I love the island and it’s tourist appeal, it should be given back.

One inaccuracy I noticed in regards to Ft. Mackinaw. "During the War of 1812, it was captured by the Americans" - wrong, it was held by the Americans at the beginning of the War of 1812, (who took possession of it after the American Revolution made it part of the US), and the British captured it at the beginning of the War of 1812 (the American troops inside the fort didn't know that war had been declared) - The Americans tried to recapture the fort in 1814, but failed. They of course got it back when the war was over.

Prior to the war of 1812 it was already controlled by the Americans but it was captured by the British during the war

My family once owned this island

Just went last summer with my girlfriend. I made some vlogs so we have the memories for us to look back on

It's said the 1st car in the island scared the horses so they banned cars. It's charming if you don't mind remnant of horse. If you can, watch Somewhere in Time with Jane Seymour & Christopher Reeve ,then pack your (required) evening attire & stay at the Grand Hotel at least once in your life. Almost everything comes in by boat so it's expensive.

The only vehicles allowed on the island today are emergency vehicles, and I think after this video was snowmobiles. Wasn't that in the 60s? I can't remember

This could have been taken yesterday. Looks exactly the same

Reminds me of summer. (=. I go to my house there every year.

Mackinac is the French spelling and it's pronounced as he said (when he corrected himself). Mackinaw is the British spelling and pronounced the same way. Mackinaw City on the mainland is spelled w/ a 'w' at end while the island has the French spelling with a 'c' at the end.

There's Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island, and Fort Michilimackinac :3

Very nice videos, gotta love all the negative comments, dang trolls

5:50 power lines and poles. Pretty sure everything is now underground. And I vaguely remember the unpaved streets.

I love Tanner Lion

5:25 why is the blacksmith is working while wearing a tie!

Richard Collier came back more earlier 1912.

Visitors to island are called "fudgies" by the inhabitants and the workers.

Great movie reel. Was inaccurate on the War of 1812 part.

Mackatraz! I did my time😆

Interesting to say the least. What spread the lilacs? 😆

This is our beautiful home Mackinac Island! What they aren't showing you is how awesome the water is. We are out there everyday kayaking and stand up paddle boarding come visit us and we will take you out on the lake Great Turtle Kayak Tours mackinackayak . com

actually, there are a few trucks on the island. i've seen them doing contstruction.

1944 and not one single person in a military uniform? Wonder if the stated 1944 date is correct

It is pretty much still the same.

Seems funny this was made during ww2

1944

What happened to American accent?

At the same time as this idyllic film was being made the concentration camps were in full swing. Soldiers were desperately fighting to the death in Europe and East Asia. Horrific atrocities were regularly committed. Those good people of Mackinac certainly looked fine in their costumes. Such lovely quaint scenes in colonsol old America, marvellous

Now you have to be a millionaire to own a home on the island and have lots of money to even visit , what a shame that a normal working family can not even afford a night at the " Grand Hotel " a suite is 2,300 a night ! Up yours !

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Starbucks has been there for years. It is a tourist destination, after all, and tourists want their Starbucks!!!

Look at all the white folk!

now the island has been destroyed by the 2-3 families that run everything - not worth going too

If you've never seen the Great lakes you're missing out on something that is