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spoof of the Pure Michigan commercials by John Kerfoot, highlighting Mackinaw Island
This extravagant beautifully decorated 5 bedroom, 3 ½ bath home, THE SUNSET LAKE HOUSE, sits on an acre of beach front property on Mackinac Island, Michigan (a tiny jewel of an island in Lake Huron) and faces due west, allowing you to experience Northern Michigan's most picturesque sunsets and an outstanding view of the Straits of Mackinac. Located only two miles from downtown Mackinac Island the SUNSET LAKE HOUSE sleeps 16 and is perfect for family vacations, reunions, corporate retreat or wedding. This home is ideal for large families, writers, artists, or for corporate executive entertaining (just a short ride by horse and carriage from the airstrip where private planes can easily land). Accessible by a 15-minute ferry or plane ride from the mainland (Mackinaw City or St. Ignace, MI), Mackinac Island, Michigan is a singularly unique destination. Since the early 1900's cars have been banned on this tiny island only 8 ½ miles in circumference. With its Victorian homes and old west main street, the goal here is to stop time in it's tracks. This is a true horse community - every service on the island is handled by horse and carriage. Want to go into town? Call a horse taxi and a team of horses pulling a yellow carriage will pull up to your home or hotel. Or bike into town -- this is a bikers paradise with no cars -- just miles of beautiful road with scenic Lake Huron always at your side. You can bike on smooth paved streets around the island or in the interior (on gravel ...
Our trip to Mackinac Island, michigan in late may 2010.
A sneak peek of what makes the Grand Hotel, America's Summer Place.
Travel back through time to this picturesque Victorian age island where cars are outlawed and the horse drawn carriage is the primary transportation. Visit the Grand Hotel, where the film classic 'Somewhere in Time' with Christopher Reeve was shot. Horseback ride and mountain bike through Mackinac Island National Park, the nation's second national park, learn how the island's world famous fudge is made, explore one of America's early forts and take a scenic sail on one of the Great Lakes.
Our trip to Mackinac Island. We got the inspiration to do it from Cory's video of his family's trip to Mackinac.
John at Steinway 7' grand playing "Somewhere in Time" October 2009 & selected pictures
On Mackinac Island, Michigan, horse-drawn buggies reflect the city's past. This video is part of Top 10 Christmas Towns show hosted by Steven Lee . SHOW DESCRIPTION :Christmas is a magical time of year, celebrated in unique ways across America. Travel to 10 different communities - from Alaska to Maine - each rich in its own culture and traditions, as they prepare for the holiday season. On the sea, on the shore, atop mountains and in underground caverns, join in each town's heartfelt festivities as they share their glad tidings and Christmas stories.
Mackinac Island is a romantic, fudge filled, consumer whore paradise. YAY!
Travel Show Live's Erik Hastings spends time with Dan Musser, the owner of Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, Michigan.
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...describing a vacation my husband and I took to Mackinac Island, and the activities and attractions Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island have to offer visitors. A world away, but within easy driving distance, Mackinac Island Michigan is the ideal romantic escape....
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The MSU Board of Trustees retreat to Holland, Mich., cost thousands less than last year, but still set the university back almost $9,000.
The retreat took place early last week. The trustees, along with officials from the administration, discussed
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The State News
http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/08/retreat_for_board_of_trustees_costs_msu_about_9000
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Living history in Michigan is best seen at Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island, Fort Michilimackinac, Historic Mill Creek, White Pines Village, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
I have lived in Michigan all my life. I've made a study of Michigan
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1992318/mustsee_living_history_sites_in_michigan.html
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My computer room at home was turned into Mackinac race headquarters Sunday night.
With my daughter, Traci, assisting, I was tracking the fleet in the 85th running of the Port Huron-to-Mackinac Island Sailboat Race.
The GPS tracking system is a good
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The Port Huron Times Herald
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providing a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and
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A Lafayette man spent last weekend sailing on Lake Michigan -- the entire length of Lake Michigan.
Jon Shope was one of eight people to crew a racing sailboat competing in the 101st annual Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. More than 300 sailboats
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The Courier-Journal
http://jconline.com/article/20090724/NEWS/907240313/1001/news
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The Mackinac race is known for its exciting start. About 100,000 people on the Michigan and Canadian shores cheer as the boats head out to Lake Huron.
But when the boats disappear over the horizon, most of them not to be seen again until they near
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090723/NEWS05/907230436/-1/rss07
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With a history dating back thousands of years it only seems natural that there would be a ghost story or two found here. Haunts of Mackinac (Haunted History Tours) claims to have much more than just a couple of ghost stories to tell. In fact,
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/Haunted/Mackinac/prweb2661484.htm
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Intangible, from Hinsdale, Ill., was leading the pack in the Chicago to Mackinac sailboat race as of 6:30 p.m.
Boats took off today between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Thirty of the boats, once they reach Mackinac Island, will continue to Port Huron,
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The Port Huron Times Herald
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20090718/NEWS05/90718009/1002/rss
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Sports fans can witness the origin of the American game of baseball at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the large parade ground behind Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island, where the Fort Mackinac Never Sweats and the Rochester Grangers face off in a game of vintage
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The Oakland Press
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/07/17/sports/doc4a6048d023972304024393.txt
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One of the oldest freshwater sailboat races in the world, the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac kicks off this weekend with some new tricks.
Most of the 350 boats in the 333-mile race to Mackinac Island, Mich., will be tracked by GPS, so friends,
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/technology/1670778,CST-NWS-mack17.article
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...it immensely, and wanted to share the experience with her son. "On behalf of Chairman Frank Kelley and the rest of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, I am pleased to welcome our twenty millionth visitor," Porter said. "This is an important achievement...
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Street Insider
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Christoher Skyi: Ah, I just found a talk given by Bruce Blur: “Are n’t hair-trigg er nuclear missiles a target for terrorists ?” Reprinted in the Nieman Foundation for Journal...
Christoher Skyi: Studies show that human beings are notorious for
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Liberal Values Blog
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The headline shrieked: “Manitou Feared Sunk.” The heavy black ink topped a somber story about the 1945 Port Huron to Mackinac race. George Vann Sr., the veteran sportswriter at the Detroit Times, had been on a sailboat and was eyewitness to a
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The Oakland Press
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/06/25/sports/doc4a434b6fe7002174845594.txt
See Victorian summer cottages and turn of the century (20th) hotels on Historic Mackinac Island. See famous Grand Hotel, the elegant Iroquois on the Beach, the Murray and more.
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A couple of years ago, during late summer, my husband and I took a trip up to Mackinac Island and spent a week there. We had not been up north in several years and thought it would be nice to visit again, and since we rarely splurge on a vacation, we
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Associated Content
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JUST A BRIEF RECAP OF EVENTS THIS YEAR......ENJOY
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We don't understand why Jeff Seidel, in his June 8 column, would encourage people not to come up to Mackinac Island and enjoy our area ("How to survive a family trip to Mackinac").
Making reference to horse manure on Mackinac Island is no more valid
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Detroit Free Press
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So the corpse is still warm and already we're debating gun laws? Classy.
Can someone please and an OMFG STFU tag, please?
An appropriate discussion for another time.
I am for gun control, but there is no way that tighter regulations would have made a
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DCist
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Explore Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island.
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Photojournalist Byron Goggin, reporting for the Pure Michigan tourism site, learns a little about what it's like to sail from Port Huron to Mackinac Island in a featured unveiled today.
Goggin wondered what it was like to sail the Mackinac race.
So he
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The Port Huron Times Herald
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20090608/NEWS05/90608012/1002/rss
By Maggie Peterson Graphic editor By horse: Touring Mackinac Island by horse is one of the most popular ways to see the area. Mackinac Island Carriage Tours offer rides around the island every 5 to 10 minutes from their station near the Arnold Line Transit. Other options to see the island are by horseback riding through Jacks Livery Stable and Cindys Riding Stable and Jacks also offers rent-your-own buggy by the hour, which is ideal for families. For more information, visit www.mict.com, www ...
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Latest hand-selected Michigan political news and analysis headlines
I didn't make it up to Mackinac for the famed Policy Conference put on by the Detroit Regional Chamber this past week, but looking back, there looks to be one event that sounds like it
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Michigan Liberal
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Michiganliberal-SoapbloxMi/~3/x0e62zi1slg/nolan-finley-falls-down-the-reality-rabbit-hole
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A mother's driving error nearly costs her four children their lives, police say.
Police are investigating the death of two people on Mackinac Island.
The case against two men being called people of interest in a missing girl case has weakened.
A second
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WDIV
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/clickondetroit/local/~3/k-XJMLoYSVI/detail.html
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(AP) — MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. - An anti-tax activist says the state should sell the governor's residence on Mackinac Island.
Former Republican state lawmaker Leon Drolet of Macomb County suggested Thursday that the sale could bring in up to roughly $3
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Michigan Liberal
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Lansing -- Is it possible to enjoy the splendor of Mackinac Island in the midst of Michigan's economic travails? Lawmakers, corporate leaders and power brokers are about to find out.
The Detroit Regional Chamber kicks off its annual Mackinac Policy
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Detroit News Online
http://www.detnews.com/article/20090526/POLITICS02/905260343/-1/rss
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Those who book a two-night stay at a Mackinaw City lodging can get a deal on the Ultimate Value Plus Package. The package covers three days admission to Thunder Falls Family Water Park, the ferry to Mackinac Island, admission to Ft. Mackinac, Mill
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090524/FEATURES07/90524012/1025/RSS05
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DETROIT, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit's Bayview Yacht Club, one of the of the most storied and historical sailing clubs in the world, announced today that Travel Michigan, a division of Michigan Economic Development Corporation, has come aboard as
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless has upgraded equipment on its existing Mackinac Island cell sites, thereby doubling voice and data capacity on the Island for the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference, Wednesday,
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Originally built on Mackinac Island, Michigan in 1780, Fort Mackinac is located at the top of a substantial bluff, making it quite a chore to get there. After walking up the long ramps and staircases, the view alone is worth the price of
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Bella Online
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art61415.asp
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FLORIDA > Songwriters' fest IS set for Key West
The 14th annual Key West Songwriters' Festival will be held April 29-May 3. More than 20 free concerts are planned for the island's most popular drinking holes and hot spots.
More than 100 songwriters are
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/lifestyle/stories.nsf/travel/story/4225AF1F76FE6EAB8625759200750ED5?OpenDocument
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Kids in Charge: A drug and alcohol awareness program for students in third through fifth grades.
Motor Moms: A program for kindergarten students to develop and improve large motor coordination.
Adult Literacy Tutors: Commerce parent volunteers
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HometownLife.com
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20090402/NEWS23/904020510/1040/rss16
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Community Inclusive Recreation's mission is to help everybody -- regardless of station in life or disability -- have a little fun. And with another diverse roster of prizes and excursions for its 12th annual fundraising auction, the Battle Creek
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Battle Creek Enquirer
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20090307/NEWS01/903070314/1002/NEWS01
Set majestically between Michigans two peninsulas, amble into brightly colored shops, stroll past horse drawn carriages and tandem bicycles, and walk across the worlds longest porch at the historic Grand Hotel. Leave the ordinary at home this summer. Set sail for picturesque Mackinac Island.
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Save 20% on ACCL's historic river cruises from July through November; 15% on New England Islands & Fall Foliage sailings
WARREN, R.I., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- American Canadian Caribbean Line, Inc. (ACCL), a family-operated small ship cruise line
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LANSING, Mich., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaking on behalf of a coalition of tourism and business groups, three of Michigan's leading travel and resort industry executives are calling for a portion of the $18 billion federal stimulus funds
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Riding the ice bridge from Mackinac Island to St. Ignace.
www.grandhotel.com | www.wgnamerica.com
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Less than a day's drive from most of the Midwest's major cities, is a most romantic and peaceful Island called Mackinac. This Upper
Michigan retreat, rich in history and beauty, has been a favored spot of escape for years.
Location, Location,
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1398916/romantic_mackinac_island_in_michigan.html
A winter snowmobile ride from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island
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