Mackinac

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Mackinac or Mackinaw may refer to:

Geography

• Mackinaw River, a tributary of the Illinois River
• Straits of Mackinac, connecting the lakes and separates the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan
• Mackinac Island, an island in the straits
• Mackinac Falls, a drowned waterfall in the Straits of Mackinac
• Mackinac Wilderness, a wilderness area in the Mackinac County, Michigan

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

Structures and companies

• Mackinac Bridge, a bridge over the Straits of Mackinac
• Mackinac Transportation Company, a train ferry service
• Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad or the Mackinaw

Ships

• USCGC Mackinac, several ships of the United States Coast Guard
• USCGC Mackinaw, several ships of the United States Coast Guard
• USRC Mackinac (1903) or USCGC Mackinac, a patrol boat
• USS Mackinac, several ships of the United States Navy
• USS Mackinaw, a United States Navy gunboat commissioned twice between 1864 and 1867
• Mackinaw boat, a type of small sailboat used in the Upper Great Lakes

Sailboat races

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

Other uses

• Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Mackinaw City
• Detroit and Mackinac Railway, a railroad that operated in Michigan until 1992
• Fort Mackinac, a British, later American, fort on the island
• Mackinac Island State Park, which preserves a large part of the island
• Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve, a state-designated preservation area within much of the Straits of Mackinac
• Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational organization advocating free-market policies
• Mackinaw cloth, a heavy wool cloth
• Mackinaw trout or Lake trout

See also

• Michilimackinac, a former term for the entire region around the Straits of Mackinac
• Fort Michilimackinac, a fort on the south side of the straits
• Mékinac (disambiguation)

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