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 the capture of 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, while attempting to take the fort from the British. The blockhouse, the fort's central feature, was destroyed by the Americans after the war but was later restored. After it was destroyed by fire in 1933, it was restored to its original form by the Mackinac Island State Park Commission in 1936.

Mackinac Island, Michigan · United States