Mackinac or Mackinaw may refer to:

Geography

Landforms

Straits of Mackinac The Straits of 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 the Great Lakes of Lake M ...

, 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 ( , ; ; ; ) 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 and "Mitchimakinak" in Ojibwemowin, meaning "Great Turtle". It is located in ...

, 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 firs ...

Mackinac Island, Michigan Mackinac Island ( , ) is a city in Mackinac County, Michigan, Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 583. Established as an important fur trading center i ...

, 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 491 at the 2020 census. Communities *Freedom is a small unincorporated community on the shore of the Straits of Mackinac at in the north ...

, in Cheboygan County *

Mackinaw City, Michigan Mackinaw City ( ) is a village at the northernmost point of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Divided between Cheboygan and Emmet counties, Mackinaw City is located at the southern end of the Mackinac Bridge, which carries Inter ...

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

Mackinaw, Illinois Mackinaw is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, Tazewell County, Illinois, United States, and is part of the Peoria, Illinois Peoria metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 1,950 at the 2010 census. History The v ...

, 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. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to i ...

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 b ...

, a historic residential area in Franklin, Ohio

Structures and places

Mackinac Bridge The Mackinac Bridge ( ; also referred to as the Mighty Mac or Big Mac) is a suspension bridge that connects the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper and Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. It spans the Str ...

, 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 f ...

, 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, a state-designated preservation area within much of the Straits of Mackinac * Mackinac Wilderness, a designated area within the Hiawatha National Forest in Mackinac County, Michigan * Mackinac Trail (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, ...

, a state-owned forested area in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan * Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area, a state park in Tazewell County, Illinois, bisected by the Mackinaw River

Corporations and organizations

* 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, Michigan, Tawas Cit ...

, a railroad that formerly operated in Michigan *

Mackinac Center for Public Policy The Mackinac Center for Public Policy () is a think tank headquartered in Midland, Michigan. Through research and programs, the Mackinac Center supports lower taxes, reduced regulatory authority for state agencies, right-to-work laws, school ...

, a research and educational organization advocating free-market policies * Mackinac Financial Corporation, a bank holding company *

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 inc ...

, an appointed board that administers state parklands in the Straits of Mackinac area * Mackinac Transportation Company, a train ferry service that shuttled railroad cars across the Straits of Mackinac from 1882 until 1984

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 or rowboat 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 ...

, 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 c ...

Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a annual yacht racing, yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan, Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chic ...

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

, 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, laker, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, it c ...

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 (United States), Republican Party political conference held on Mackinac Island, Mich ...

(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 is a meteorite that 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 me ...

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