Fort Holmes

Fort Holmes stands at the highest point on the island, 325 feet above the straits and 168 feet above Fort Mackinac. The British built it soon after capturing Fort Mackinac on July 17, 1812, and named it Fort George after King George III. The Americans later renamed it Fort Holmes after Major Andrew Hunter Holmes, who was killed in the Battle of Mackinac Island on August 4, 1814, during an attempt to take the fort from the British. The blockhouse, the fort's central feature, was destroyed by the Americans after the war but later restored. After it was destroyed by fire in 1933, the Mackinac Island State Park Commission restored it to its original form in 1936.

Mackinac Island, Michigan · United States