Pride of Baltimore II deck tours will be available from 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Other events begin at 4:00 p.m., and include:

• Sampling Area Fish Delicacies
• Beer & Wine Tent
• Dunk Tank
• Bounce House
• Live Trout Fishing Pond
• Gyotaku T-Shirt Booth - make and take home your own one-of-a-kind T-shirt! 
• Artisan Booth
• Larry Rubin 'Mighty Mac' Book Signing from 4:00-6:30 p.m. 
• Live Musical Entertainment from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
• Fireworks over the Straits of Mackinac at Dusk
• Exhibits on board the Arnold Line Boat 'Ottawa', which will be docked at the marina, including:
  • Fort de Buade historical items
  • "50 Fabulous Years", a Powerpoint presentation where the Mackinac Bridge Chief Engineer will go through a historical perspective of the financing, construction, maintenance and future challenges of the Mackinac Bridge Authority.  This presentation will be given at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
  • Bridge personnel will have commemorative bridge tokens available for sale.
  • Maintenance workers will be on hand to discuss their work in maintaining the Mackinac Bridge.
  • The Noble Odyssey Foundation - Mr. Luke Clyburn will show a DVD and answer questions of his discovery of the ancient underwater river and waterfalls between Mackinac Island and Round Island in 2007.  For more information, visit www.nobleodyssey.org

See our beautiful new 'Wawatam Lighthouse'

Join us in St. Ignace where an abundance of activity and recreation await you. Make St. Ignace your vacation destination and enjoy:

• Staying at one of our fabulous Accommodations - plan on staying a while and visiting the Upper Peninsula attractions right from the comfort of your lodging choice
• St. Ignace offers a host of Dining/Food and specialty shops that is sure to please the entire family
• The attractions are limitless - visit the Museum of Ojibwa Culture or our infamous Mystery Spot, or the newly opened Weird Michigan Wax Museum - Looking to take a drive to the shores of Lake Superior? No better place to be than the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point.

Construction of The Mighty Mackinac Bridge, which opened for traffic November 1, 1957

For photos of the construction of the Mackinac Bridge, visit www.mackinacbridge.org and look at the 'Historical Construction Album'  in their Photo Gallery!