Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: fort

Colonial Michillimackinac in Mackinaw City, at the tip of Michigan's mitten. The complex, part of a state park, is a reconstructed French trading village (or fort); it's at the foot of the Mackinac Straits Bridge. Yeah, spelling Mackinac can be confusing. So can the pronunciation: Say Mackinaw.

Colonial Michilimackinac; a reconstructed fort/trading post on the Straits of Mackinac by The Bridge . 8/5/2011.

Mackinac Island's fort dates from the Revolutionary War, when the British fortified the Straits of Mackinac to protect the fur trade from the colonial rebels. The US took possession of the island, and the fort, in 1796, well after the end of the war, then briefly lost it again during the War of 1812.

Fort Wayne pitchers Derek McDaid, Jake Ociesa, Stevie Delabar, and pitching coach Wally Whitehurst before the game... Original photo here . Game photos here .