Mackinaw or related spellings is the name of several different places and things, mostly related to the area where Lake Michigan meets Lake Huron. Mackinac is a Native American word which is generally pronounced as Mac in aw.
A "mackinaw" is a short coat of a heavy dense water-repellent woolen, such as Melton cloth, sometimes with a doubled shoulder, first worn by American loggers in the north midwest, mid 19th century, and now universal.
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As one of the most variable rivers in the state in terms of the quantity of water it carries, the Mackinaw floods during the wet season and is nearly dry during periods of drought.
Most of the Mackinaw River basin is within the physiographic division called the Bloomington Ridged Plain, an area characterized by a series of end moraines that, in the immediate Mackinaw River area, cross the generally flat land surface in a northwest-southeast trending arc.
The Mackinaw River Partnership is working to: find common ground on river management, pool resources and garner new ideas, to preserve, protect, and restore the river for the benefit of all.
Mackinaw City is a village in Emmet County, with a small portion lying within Cheboygan County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.
The population greatly increases during the tourist season with seasonal workers for the large number of hotels and other recreational facilities along the Straits of Mackinac.
Mackinaw City is the southern end of the Mackinac Bridge, which allows travel to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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