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Know how to direct guests to the Upper Gun Platform, Tea Room, Fort Mackinac Museum Store, restrooms and multiple exits.

If no demonstrations are currently taking place, encourage visitors to begin their tour by viewing the video presentation in the Soldiers' Barracks, and answer any other questions they may have.

Know the times of the rifle firings, cannon firings, and guided tours.

Greet guests and welcome them to Fort Mackinac.

If Raining: move to the porch of the Guardhouse Position: Stand at the top of the stairway entrance, on either side of the stairway. The step climb and gun platforms discouraged enemy attacks on the Fort’s front. The Sally Port is 150 feet above Marquette Park and the harbor. The thick limestone wall dates from the original British construction in 1780. This is the main entrance to Fort Mackinac. If the fort isn't busy, it gets very boring. If you are concerned about the potential impact of Covid-19 on your holiday plans, outside of legal restrictions, we strongly advise you to seek out travel insurance which covers you in these and other eventualities.People will usually stop to talk at this post. If the restrictions are reintroduced and you are forced to cancel your holiday due to legal restrictions, please be rest assured that we will help you to move your booking within the same property, offer a voucher to be used within the same property within a year or cancel your booking in this instance and we will refund you the price you paid in full.

This means, if you would like to modify or cancel your booking due to Covid-19, our normal terms and conditions now apply. You won’t be asked to take daily tests or isolate following contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. Updated at 10:00 on Friday 8th April 2022 Book with confidence England, Wales, Scotland and Northern IrelandĪs all restrictions have been lifted across the United Kingdom, you are no longer legally required to self-isolate upon a positive Covid-19 result. Comfortable beds and furniture, warm, everything we needed.

The best advice is to wear sensible shoes to and from the property and to only take what you really need down that access path on arrival (because taking it back to your car on the day you leave is going to be a proper workout!). The fog horn sounded quite frequently while we were there but it's really not loud or annoying enough to case a disturbance when you're inside the cottage. There is a viewing room separate to the cottage and even this has a heater and furniture so is a great place to eat your breakfast and watch the sea. The property is furnished to an excellent standard. The property feels very safe (as you'd expect from a lighthouse cottage) and the challenging journey down to the lighthouse during the storm (via the very steep path which others have mentioned) just added to the atmosphere and the sense of getting away from normal life. We stayed for three days in February when the storms were at their height.

So perhaps a better sign, or higher fence would help? Read more 30 July 2022 Only other comment was that on numerous occasions we did catch people trying to enter by climbing over the garden fence, even though the padlock was in place and it was clearly private.

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Appreciate its an old cottage with character features but the windows were very difficult to open, my husband had to go outside and stand on a chair in order to push open the kitchen window! No fan provided. Also some general upkeep issues like the toilet seat in the shower room was discoloured underneath and one of the rubber feet was missing. So needs to be a better standard, with a heavy duty sun parasol, and maybe some sun loungers so people can really take advantage of the lovely garden. However for the amount of money people are paying there are some things that need to be improved, particularly the garden furniture which was old and one of the seats was broken, and the bench seat in the garden is broken. Toiletries were a nice touch and the welcome basket. Everything was clean and furniture inside was lovely. An amazing experience staying at the lighthouse cottage, unique and with amazing views.