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Arch Rock (Mackinac Island)

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108: 17: 62: 294: 189: 179:, in 1895. Arch Rock has been a part of the State Park ever since. Today Arch Rock is a focus of Mackinac Island tourism, and is seen by many visitors to the Island. Several trails and paved roads, including the aptly named Arch Rock Road and Arch Rock Bicycle Trail, lead to the formation. 380: 375: 365: 360: 370: 164:
Euro-Americans did not share many of the taboos of their Native predecessors, and treated Arch Rock as a curiosity to be admired. One early chronicler was
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is not an ideal material for natural bridges, and this type of formation is quite rare in the North American
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Pierson, George Wilson, Tocqueville in America, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1938, p. 301
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who wrote of the "Giant's Arch" "of extraordinary shape" during his visit in August, 1831.
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Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
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formed during the Nipissing post-glacial period, a period of high
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National Register of Historic Places in Mackinac County, Michigan
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Its presence was a major element in the decisions to create
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Historic district contributing properties in Michigan
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Arch Rock, Mackinac Island, MI (Taken on July 2024)
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U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Contributing Property

Mackinac Island
Michigan
Mackinac Island
ID66000397

geological formation
Mackinac Island
Michigan
natural limestone arch
Lake Huron
Wisconsin glaciation
breccia
Great Lakes
Native Americans
numinous
Alexis de Tocqueville
Mackinac National Park
Mackinac Island State Park

Arch Rock (Mackinac Island)
"NPS Focus"
National Park Service
"Arch Rock on Mackinac Island"
Archived
"Mackinac Island State Park"
the original

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