Mackinac
# Mackinac

Mackinac or Mackinaw may refer to:

## Geography

### Landforms

* Straits of Mackinac, 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, an island in the Straits of Mackinac
* Mackinaw River, a tributary of the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois
* Little Mackinaw River, a tributary of the Mackinaw River

### Populated areas

* Mackinac County, Michigan
* Mackinac Island, Michigan, the city on Mackinac Island
* Mackinaw Township, Michigan, in Cheboygan County
* Mackinaw City, Michigan, a village in Mackinaw Township
* Mackinaw Township, Tazewell County, Illinois
* Mackinaw, Illinois, a village in Mackinaw Township
* Little Mackinaw Township, Tazewell County, Illinois
* Mackinaw Historic District, a historic residential area in Franklin, Ohio

### Structures and places

* Mackinac Bridge, a bridge over the Straits of Mackinac
* Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Mackinaw City
* Fort Mackinac, a British, later American, fort on Mackinac Island
* Mackinac Island State Park, 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, 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

* Mackinac Island State Park Commission, 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
* Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad, a railroad that formerly operated in Ohio and Michigan
* Detroit and Mackinac Railway, a railroad that formerly operated in Michigan
* Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational organization advocating free-market policies
* Mackinac Financial Corporation, 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, a type of small sailboat used in the Upper Great Lakes
* Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race
* Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac

## Other uses

* Mackinaw cloth, a heavy and dense water-repellent woolen cloth
* Mackinaw jacket, a short double-breasted wool coat
* Mackinaw trout or Lake trout
* Mackinac Rendezvous, an annual Boy Scouts of America event held in the Straits of Mackinac area
* Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference (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, a meteorite found on the planet Mars by the Opportunity rover on October 13, 2009
