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The area has also become a hotbed of rock climbing, and the most popular crag for out-of-towners is Stone Fort, a bouldering area 20 miles north of downtown with 400 problems on high quality sandstone.
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Ryan Krogh,
Outside Online,
3 June 2025
There are three crags, and the plan is to develop one at a time, says J.D. Borgeson, the coalition's treasurer.
Worried about Michilimackinac’s vulnerability to attacks by American rebels, the British relocated the fort to the high bluffs of Mackinac Island in 1780 and shortened its name.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
Look to Flanagan, who probably won’t need to call any bluffs for the time being.
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