A National Historic Landmark, Colonial Michilimackinac is accredited by American Association of Museums.

Built around 1715, it was located along the southern shore of the strategic Straits of Mackinac connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, at the northern tip of the lower peninsula of the present-day state of Michigan in the United States.

By 1715, however, the French built Fort Michilimackinac to re-establish a presence along the Straits of Mackinac.

On June 2, 1763, as part of the larger movement known as Pontiac's Rebellion, a group of Ojibwe staged a game of bag'gat'tway (lacrosse) outside the fort as a ruse to gain entrance.

There are daily cannon and musket firing demonstrations performed by costumed interpreters.