Mackinac
Mackinaw or related spellings is the name of several different places and things, mostly related to the area where
Lake Michigan meetsLake Huron . Mackinac is a derivation of a Menomini or Ojibwe word "Michilimackinac" and is pronounced IPA| [ˈmækɪnɔ] ("MACK-in-awe").Geographical
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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 MackinacPopulated areas
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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 PeoriaForts
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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", nowFort Michilimackinac State Park Constructions
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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 Cityhips
* 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", a United States Navy gunboat commissioned twice between 1864 and 1867
* USCGC "Mackinaw" (WAGB-83), a United States Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes commissioned from 1944 to 2006
* USCGC "Mackinaw" (WLBB-30), a United States Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes commissioned in 2006
* "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]ailboat races
Two long distance sailboat races, each often referred to as "the Mackinaw race":
*ThePort Huron to Mackinac Boat Race
*TheChicago to Mackinac Boat Race Other
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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 orMichilimackinac Company , a Canadian fur trade company bought by John Jacob Astor
* Mackinaw trout, another name forLake trout ("Salvelinus namaycush")
*Chief Mackinac or Mackinaw, an Ottawa chief in the Michilimackinac area in the 1740s
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Mackinac — [mak′ə nô΄] [see MACKINAW] 1. small island in the Straits of Mackinac: 6 sq mi (15.5 sq km): formerly a center of trade with the Indians of the Northwest 2. Straits of channel connecting Lake Huron & Lake Michigan, separating the upper & lower… … English World dictionary
Mackinac — (Mackinaw, Michilimackinac), Hauptort der Grafschaft Michilimackinac des Staates Michigan, auf der gleichnamigen Insel des Huron Sees; geräumiger Hafen, Fort, Fischerei, Handel; 1500 Ew … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Mackinac — англ. Mackinac Находка или падение найден мар … Википедия
Mackinac — or formerly Michilimackinac geographical name island N Michigan in Straits of Mackinac … New Collegiate Dictionary
Mackinac — /mak euh naw /, n. 1. Straits of, a strait between the peninsulas of Upper Michigan and Lower Michigan, connecting lakes Huron and Michigan. 2. Also, Mackinac Island. an island in Lake Huron at the entrance of this strait. 517; 3 mi. (5 km) long … Universalium
Mackinac — Island and Straits of Mackinac, in Lake Huron, but Mackinaw City, Michigan. The type of woolen coat is called a mackinaw, but Mackinaw blanket and Mackinaw boat are both capitalized. For all spellings, the pronunciation is mack in aw … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Mackinac — Sp Mãkinakas Ap Mackinac L JAV apyg. (Mičigano v ja) … Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė
Mackinac — /mak euh naw /, n. 1. Straits of, a strait between the peninsulas of Upper Michigan and Lower Michigan, connecting lakes Huron and Michigan. 2. Also, Mackinac Island. an island in Lake Huron at the entrance of this strait. 517; 3 mi. (5 km) long … Useful english dictionary
Mackinac — Canadian Slang pronounced Mackinaw and sometimes spelled that way. A plaid Melton jacket, typically red or green, at one time a hallmark of the Canadian workingman. Later popular in artists and fans of the grunge movement … English dialects glossary
Mackinac — Mack•i•nac [[t]ˈmæk əˌnɔ[/t]] n. 1) geg Straits of, a strait between Upper and Lower Michigan, connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan 2) geg an island at the entrance of this strait. 3 mi. (5 km) long … From formal English to slang
