Historic Mill Creek celebrates ‘Lost Rocks and Mackinac Millstones’ week

MACKINAW CITY — Guests can join the interpretive staff at Historic Mill Creek in Mackinaw City for a week full of events themed around “Lost Rocks and Mackinac Millstones.”

The week, Aug. 18-24, will feature special programs highlighting the grist mill, which once ground grain into flour, and how the millstones at Historic Mill Creek were hewn from “lost rocks,” or boulders deposited by glaciers thousands of years ago.

“These special programs will shine a spotlight on the grist mill which once stood at Historic Mill Creek,” said Kyle Bagnall, Mackinac State Historic Parks park naturalist, in a press release. “Visitors can see the original millstones, crafted from granite boulders over 200 years ago, which were rediscovered and returned to the site for display. See which tools were unearthed by archaeologists and learn techniques once used to transform corn into flour along the banks of Mill Creek. We’ll also search for ‘lost rocks’ left by glaciers thousands of years ago, which still dot the park’s landscape, and learn what stories they have to tell.”

The special programs will take place at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. In addition, trained naturalists will highlight the theme of milling and lost rocks in their regularly scheduled programs and guests are encouraged to explore the hiking trails at Historic Mill Creek and participate in a “lost rock” scavenger hunt.

For more information, visit mackinacparks.com/attraction/historic-mill-creek .

This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Historic Mill Creek celebrates ‘Lost Rocks and Mackinac Millstones’ week