That’s right, Mackinac (the last C is silent) doesn’t really have a place in a river art catalog, but it is my catalog and I worked my way through college as a bellman at the Grand Hotel. In the late 1960’s we worked seven days a week and the hotel was staffed in those days by college kids working for the summer. The Steamer WESTERN STATES shown in the image was a real packet style steamboat. Another reason I added the scene is my enjoyment of the lighthouse on Round Island. The old lighthouse was extinguished in 1958 and thru the efforts of the Round Island Lighthouse Society it was lighted again in 1996.
The wise people of Mackinac have made it a point to keep the 21st century at arms length. The transportation and the architecture is strictly 19th Century. If you have never seen the old movie Somewhere in Time, go rent it at the video store. Light the fire in the fireplace and open a bottle of wine. The movie is considered a cult classic for the 60+ crowd.
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