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
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)