Mackinac 465991 220754187 2008-06-21T12:18:54Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[nl:Mackinac]] '''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 language|Menomini]] or [[Anishinaabe language|Ojibwe]] word "Michilimackinac" and is pronounced {{IPA|[ˈmækɪnɔ]}} (''MACK-in-awe''). ==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 ===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 ===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]] ===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 ==Ships== * [[USS Mackinac (AVP-13)|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|USS ''Mackinaw'']], a United States Navy gunboat commissioned twice between 1864 and 1867 * [[USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83)|USCGC ''Mackinaw'' (WAGB-83)]], a United States Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes commissioned from 1944 to 2006 * [[USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)|USCGC ''Mackinaw'' (WLBB-30)]], a United States Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes commissioned in 2006 * [[Mackinac Bridge (ship)|''Mackinac Bridge'' (ship)]], a container ship built in 1986, used by a Japanese freight company out of Kobe, Japan [http://www.e-ships.net/index/M1.shtml] ==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]] ==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 {{disambig}} [[nl:Mackinac]]