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HISTORY The original Sawmill at Mill Creek operated from about 1780 until 1839. It was originally built to generate cut timbers for Fort Mackinac (1780-81) and the related frontier settlement of Mackinac Island . The Mill Creek sawmill enjoyed a dominant market share of the supply of cut timbers in the Straits Of Mackinac during the Fur Trade era, and a Millwright's House was built about 1820 near the sawmill to provide a place for the mill operator to live. As global demand for Beaver fur declined in the 1830s, the sawmill and Millwright's House were abandoned. After the sawmill's abandonment in 1839, the original buildings rotted and disappeared. However, timbers cut by the original mill survived in buildings on Mackinac Island, and Saw marks on these timbers could be used to reconstruct the mill machinery so as to closely resemble the original. MILL CREEK TODAY Mackinac State Historic Parks has built the following resources and amenities at ''Historic Mill Creek'':
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