Da Viking and Poppins — aka Chuck and Martha Hayden — take us to Mackinac Island in this video which premiered on December 16 ...

“It’s pretty traditional,” Doud said. “It’s a special time of year, Christmas on Mackinac.” Barbara Fisher has also lived on the island for more than 40 years — her husband is an ...

The special holiday event begins at 3:30 p.m., with last admission at 6 p.m. Visitors will enter through the secondary entrance off Straits Avenue, where lanterns will guide them to the palisaded ...

Members of the Mackinac Island Community Theater perform “It Feels Like Christmas” as a preview to their performance of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at the tree lighting ceremony on Mackinac ...

It is Mackinac Island’s only unsolved murder. The mystery of who killed Frances Lacey is one that has baffled and fascinated the island for decades. In July 1960, Frances Lacey found herself ...

MACKINAC ISLAND — Michigan State Police say a woman drowned after a water rescue Monday morning off the coast of Mackinac Island. The U.S. Coast Guard responded shortly after 9 a.m. on June 10.

The following article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on January 9, 2024.