Writers Discovery Is romance in your soul? Welcome to Mackinac Island. It was inevitable that 19th century writers would discover the Island’s… No Cars Perhaps the most noticeable first impression visitors get of Mackinac Island is the absence of automobiles! Visitors and residents travel… Victorian Era It was the Victorians who made Mackinac Island one of the nation’s most favored summer resorts. In the post-Civil War… High Cliffs Location has determined much of Mackinac Island’s history. Eleven thousand years ago in prehistoric times, not long after the retreat… This account of Mackinac’s history was written by Eugene T. Petersen.