Skull Cave

Skull Cave is a small and shallow cave on the central heights of Mackinac Island. The cave was carved during the Algonquin post-glacial period by waters of Lake Algonquin, a swollen meltwater ancestor to today's Lake Huron. It is believed to have been used as an inhumation site by Native Americans of the Straits of Mackinac area in the 1700's.  While being used as a site for human remains, the cave was also used as a refuge in 1763 by fur trader Alexander Henry, a survivor of the capture of Fort Michilimackinac by Native Americans allied with Chief Pontiac.  Henry even wrote about about this cave in his memoirs. This is one of many other small caves on Mackinac Island such as;  Crack in the Island, Cave in the Woods, Fairy Kitchen, and Devil's Kitchen..