Mackinac

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Mackinaw or related spellings is the name of several different places and things, mostly related to the area where Lake Michigan meets Lake Huron. Mackinac is a derivation of a Menomini or Ojibwe word "Michilimackinac" and is pronounced [ˈmækɪnɔ] (MACK-in-awe).

Contents 1 Geographical 1.1 Populated areas 1.2 Forts 1.3 Constructions 2 Ships 3 Sailboat races 4 Other

[edit] Geographical

• Mackinac Falls, a drowned waterfall in the Straits of Mackinac
• Mackinac Island, an island in the straits which bans automobiles
• Mackinac Island State Park, which preserves a large part of the island
• Mackinac Point, perhaps the northernmost point in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
• Mackinaw River, a tributary of the Illinois River
• Michilimackinac, a former term for the entire region around the Straits of Mackinac
• Straits of Mackinac, connecting the lakes and separates the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan
• Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve, a state-designated preservation area within much of the Straits of Mackinac

[edit] Populated areas

• Mackinac County, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula
• Mackinac Island, Michigan, the incorporated municipality on Mackinac Island
• Mackinaw City, Michigan, village on the south side of straits
• Mackinaw Township, Michigan
• Mackinaw, Illinois, southeast of Peoria

[edit] Forts

• Fort Mackinac, a British, later American, fort on the island
• Fort Michilimackinac, a French, later British, fort on the south side of the straits; also called Colonial Michilimackinac, now Fort Michilimackinac State Park

[edit] Constructions

• Mackinac Bridge, a 5-mile (8 km) bridge over the Straits of Mackinac
• Mackinac Ferry, spanned the straits carrying railroad cars and motor vehicles
• Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Mackinaw City

[edit] Ships

• USS Mackinac (AVP-13), a United States Navy seaplane tender commissioned from 1942 to 1946, later used by the United States Coast Guard from 1949 to 1967, where redesignated USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371), and then (WHEC-371)
• Mackinaw boat, a type of small sailboat used in the Upper Great Lakes
• USS Mackinaw, a United States Navy gunboat commissioned twice between 1864 and 1867
• USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83), a United States Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes commissioned from 1944 to 2006
• USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30), a United States Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes commissioned in 2006
• Mackinac Bridge (ship), a container ship built in 1986, used by a Japanese freight company out of Kobe, Japan [1]

[edit] Sailboat races

Two long distance sailboat races, each often referred to as "the Mackinaw race":

• The Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race
• The Chicago to Mackinac Boat Race

[edit] Other

• Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonpartisan research and educational organization advocating free-market policies
• Mackinaw cloth, a heavy wool cloth
• Mackinaw, a jacket or short coat made of Mackinaw cloth, in Canada usually called a "Mac"
• Mackinaw Fur Company or Michilimackinac Company, a Canadian fur trade company bought by John Jacob Astor
• Mackinaw trout, another name for Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
• Chief Mackinac or Mackinaw, an Ottawa chief in the Michilimackinac area in the 1740s