Aerial view of the Straits of Mackinac. Bois Blanc Island, the largest of the archipelago, can be seen at right.

Bois Blanc Island is coterminous with Bois Blanc Township, Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The island is about 12 miles (19 km) long, 6 miles (9.6 km) wide in Lake Huron southeast of Mackinac Island and almost due north of the city of Cheboygan. The community of Pointe Aux Pins is on the south side and has ferry service to Cheboygan. Some winters a safe path over the ice is marked by discarded Christmas trees allowing islanders to drive over to the mainland. Image File history File links MackinacBridgeSat1. ... Image File history File links MackinacBridgeSat1. ... The Straits of Mackinac, spanned by the Mackinac Bridge, seen from the southern shore The Mackinac Straits is the strip of water that connects two of the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and separates the Lower Peninsula of Michigan from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ... Bois Blanc Township is a township in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Mackinac County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Ipperwash Beach, Lake Huron. ... This article is about the island in Michigan. ... Cheboygan is a city located in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Bois Blanc Township is a township in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... A Christmas tree from 1900. ...