Fort Mackinac

Fort Mackinac ( MAK-ə-naw) is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, on Mackinac Island. The British built the fort during the American Revolutionary War to control the strategic Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and by extension the fur trade on the Great Lakes. The British did not relinquish the fort until thirteen years after the end of the American Revolutionary War.

Fort Mackinac later became the scene of two strategic battles for control of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. During most of the 19th century, it served as an outpost of the United States Army. Closed in 1895, the fort has been adapted as a museum on the grounds of Mackinac Island State Park.

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Fort Mackinacは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界1,774位（全3,734件中）、アメリカ合衆国の50件では41位にランクされています。1875年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の6%より古い城です（19世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の267件のひとつ）。アメリカ合衆国が他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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