British Cannon

British Cannon is a Michigan historical marker in Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, dedicated 1959.

Rear of Ford Mackinac, Mackinac Island

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Early on the morning of July 17, 1812, British troops set up a cannon on this height overlooking Fort Mackinac. This move, coupled with the size of the British forces, resulted in the American garrison’s surrender.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1817 · North Western and MichiganTerritories. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1854 · A map of the surveyed part of Michigan / by John Farmer ; engraved by S. Stiles & Co. (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1874 · Colton's Michigan (1874) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Historic Michilimackinac, the Straits of Mackinac area .... Michigan / design and… (University of Michigan Library)

North Western and MichiganTerritories, 1817, covering the location of British Cannon, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — North Western and MichiganTerritories, 1817, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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