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
  • Mackinac Falls, a submerged waterfall in the Straits of Mackinac just east of Mackinac Island
  • 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

Structures and places

Corporations and organizations

Ships

Sailing

Other uses

  • Mackinaw cloth, a heavy wool cloth, used to make the Mackinaw jacket or "Mac"
  • 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

See also

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