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'''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
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