06/25/2007

Commission to Meet September 21 on Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island, Mich. –– The Mackinac Island State Park Commission will meet on Friday, September 21 at 1:30 p.m. on Mackinac Island. The meeting will take place in the boardroom of the 1860 Post Hospital building located just east of Fort Mackinac.

The Mackinac Island State Park Commission consists of seven members appointed by the governor of Michigan and confirmed by the Michigan senate. Commissioners serve six-year terms. Dennis Cawthorne has served as MISPC chairman since 1991. The commission was formed in 1895 and is responsible for all aspects of managing Mackinac State Historic Parks.

Mackinac State Historic Parks is a family of living history museums and nature parks in northern Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac and is an agency within the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries. Its sites—which are accredited by the American Association of Museums—include Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island State Park, and Historic Downtown on Mackinac Island, and Colonial Michilimackinac, Historic Mill Creek, and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse in Mackinaw City. Visitor information is available at 231-436-4100 or on the web at www.MackinacParks.com.