Mackinac or Mackinaw may refer to:

Geography

Landforms

Straits of Mackinac The Straits of Mackinac ( ; french: Détroit de Mackinac) are the short waterways between the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas, traversed by the Mackinac Bridge. The main strait is wide with a maximum depth of , and connects ...

, a waterway in the U.S. state of Michigan connecting two of the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and separating the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan *

Mackinac Island Mackinac Island ( ; french: Île Mackinac; oj, Mishimikinaak ᒥᔑᒥᑭᓈᒃ; otw, Michilimackinac) is an island and resort area, covering in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac an ...

, an island in the Straits of Mackinac *

Mackinaw River The Mackinaw River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois. Its watershed covers approximately , ...

, a tributary of the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois *

Little Mackinaw River The Little Mackinaw River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a tributary of the Mackinaw River, which it joins ...

, a tributary of the Mackinaw River

Populated areas

Mackinac County, Michigan Mackinac County ( ) is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 10,834. The county seat is St. Ignace. Formerly known as Michilimackinac County, in 1818 it was one of the first cou ...

Mackinac Island, Michigan Mackinac Island ( ) is a city in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city had a permanent population of 583. The population numbers in the tens of thousands from May 1st to October 31st due to an influx o ...

, the city on Mackinac Island *

Mackinaw Township, Michigan Mackinaw Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 539 at the 2010 census. Communities *Freedom is a small unincorporated community on the shore of the Straits of Mackinac at in the northe ...

, in Cheboygan County *

Mackinaw City, Michigan Mackinaw City ( ) is a village in Emmet and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 846 at the 2010 census, the population increases during summertime, including an influx of tourists and seasonal workers who serve ...

, a village in Mackinaw Township * Mackinaw Township, Tazewell County, Illinois *

Mackinaw, Illinois Mackinaw is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States, and is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 1,950 at the 2010 census. Local businesses include Area 52 Paintball, and Mackinaw Valley Vi ...

, a village in Mackinaw Township *

Little Mackinaw Township, Tazewell County, Illinois Little Mackinaw Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and t ...

Mackinaw Historic District The Mackinaw Historic District is a historic residential area located on the western side of the Great Miami River in Franklin, Ohio. The historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The area features homes bui ...

, a historic residential area in Franklin, Ohio

Structures and places

Mackinac Bridge The Mackinac Bridge ( ) is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the bridge (familiarly known as "Big Mac" and "Mighty Mac") is the worl ...

, a bridge over the Straits of Mackinac * Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Mackinaw City *

Fort Mackinac Fort Mackinac ( ) is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, on Mackinac Island. The Kingdom of Great Britain, British built the for ...

, a British, later American, fort on Mackinac Island *

Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac Island State Park is a state park located on Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Lake Huron island, it is near the Straits of Mackinac. The island park encompasses , which is approximately 80% of the island's total area. ...

, a state park on Mackinac Island *

Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve The Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve is a state preserve in and around the Straits of Mackinac. The preserve is divided in two by the Mackinac Bridge. The waters of the preserve include the waters offshore from Mackinaw City and St. Igna ...

, a state-designated preservation area within much of the Straits of Mackinac *

Mackinac Wilderness The Mackinac Wilderness is a unit within the Hiawatha National Forest. It is located in Mackinac County, Michigan. The wilderness is accessible from M-123, which borders the unit. The nearest town is Moran, Michigan. Description Like the re ...

, a designated area within the Hiawatha National Forest in Mackinac County, Michigan *

Mackinac Trail Mackinac Trail, or Mackinaw Trail is the name for two related, but separate, roadways in the US state of Michigan. *In the Upper Peninsula: **, previous designation of H-63, before the construction of the I-75 Interstate 75 (I-75) is a m ...

(or Mackinaw Trail), two related, but separate, roadways in Michigan * Mackinac Trail – Carp River Bridge, a bridge along the Mackinac Trail over the Carp River in Mackinac County *

Mackinaw State Forest The Mackinaw State Forest is a forested area owned by the U.S. state of Michigan and operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. It is located in the northern area of the Lower Peninsula within the eight counties of Alpena, Antri ...

, a state-owned forested area in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan *

Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area The Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area is a state park in Tazewell County, Illinois. It is operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). The Area dates to 1970, when a conservation group based in Bloomington, the Par ...

, a state park in Tazewell County, Illinois, bisected by the Mackinaw River

Corporations and organizations

Mackinac Island State Park Commission The Mackinac Island State Park Commission is an appointed board of the State of Michigan that administers state parklands in the Straits of Mackinac area. It performs public activities under the name Mackinac State Historic Parks. Park units incl ...

, an appointed board that administers state parklands in the Straits of Mackinac area *

Mackinac Transportation Company The Mackinac Transportation Company was a train ferry service that shuttled railroad cars across the Straits of Mackinac from 1881 until 1984. It was best known as the owner and operator, from 1911 until 1984, of the SS ''Chief Wawatam'', an icebr ...

, a train ferry service that shuttled railroad cars across the Straits of Mackinac from 1882 until 1984 * Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad, a railroad that formerly operated in Ohio and Michigan *

Detroit and Mackinac Railway The Detroit and Mackinac Railway , informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The railroad had its main offices and shops in Tawas City with its main line r ...

, a railroad that formerly operated in Michigan *

Mackinac Center for Public Policy The Mackinac Center for Public Policy () in Midland, Michigan, is the largest U.S. state-based free market think tank in the United States. The Mackinac Center conducts policy research and educational programs. The Center sponsors MichiganVotes. ...

, a research and educational organization advocating free-market policies *

Mackinac Financial Corporation Mackinac Financial Corporation was a Manistique, Michigan-based bank holding company for Michigan bank mBank. It provided commercial and retail banking products and services and was incorporated on December 16, 1974. The company's common stoc ...

, a bank holding company

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

Sailing

Mackinaw boat The Mackinaw boat is a loose, non-standardized term for a light, open sailboat used in the interior of North America during the fur trading era. Within this term two different ''Mackinaw boats'' evolved: one for use on the upper Great Lakes, and t ...

, a type of small sailboat used in the Upper Great Lakes *

Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race The Bayview Mackinac Boat Race is run by the Bayview Yacht Club of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of the longest fresh-water races in the world with over two hundred boats entering the race each year. There have been at least six changes to the cou ...

Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club. The "Mac" (as it is know ...

Other uses

Mackinaw cloth Mackinaw cloth is a heavy and dense water-repellent woolen cloth, similar to Melton cloth but using a tartan pattern, often " buffalo plaid". It was used to make a short coat of the same name, sometimes with a doubled shoulder. These jackets hav ...

, a heavy and dense water-repellent woolen cloth *

Mackinaw jacket The contemporary mackinaw jacket, also known as a mackinaw coat, is a short double-breasted coat made of a thick heavy wool material, generally with a red-and-black plaid pattern. Etymology The word "mackinaw" is derived from the Odawa Ojibwe l ...

, a short double-breasted wool coat *

Mackinaw trout The lake trout (''Salvelinus namaycush'') is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, it can als ...

or Lake trout * Mackinac Rendezvous, an annual Boy Scouts of America event held in the Straits of Mackinac area *

Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference The Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, also known as the Midwest Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference is a biennial United States Republican Party political conference held on Mackinac Island, Michigan. The conference was first ...

(also known as the Midwest Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference), a biannual political conference held on Mackinac Island * Mackinac Policy Conference, an annual political and economic conference held on Mackinac Island *

Mackinac Island meteorite Mackinac Island meteorite was found on Mars by the ''Opportunity'' rover on October 13, 2009. History Mackinac Island was the third of three iron meteorites encountered by the rover on Meridiani Planum within a few hundred meters, the others bei ...

, a meteorite found on the planet Mars by the Opportunity rover on October 13, 2009