Mackinac

Mackinac or Mackinaw may refer to:

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