Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island is an island and resort area, covering 4.35 square miles in land area, in the U.S. state of . The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac and "Mitchimakinak" in Ojibwemowin, meaning "Great Turtle".
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Wikipedia
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 471 residents
  • Description: island in Michigan
  • Also known as: “Island of Michilimackinac”, “Mackinaw Island”, “Michilimackinac Island”, “Michillimacinac Island”, and “Mishenimokinong”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum and Fort Holmes.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in the historic Indian Dormitory building on . The museum's exhibits feature art inspired by Mackinac Island, including historic painting and maps, photographs from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, Native American art and beaded garments, and contemporary art and photography from area artists.

Fort
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is a fortified earthen redoubt located on the highest point of Mackinac Island. Originally built in 1814 by British forces during the War of 1812, the redoubt was improved by that army throughout the course of the war to help defend the adjacent from a possible attack by the U.S. Army.

Cave
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is a small and shallow cave on the central heights of Mackinac Island in , United States. The cave was carved during the Algonquin post-glacial period by the waters of Lake Algonquin, a swollen meltwater ancestor of today's .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Mackinac and British Landing.

Hamlet
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is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in the city of , on Mackinac Island.

Hamlet
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is a place within and is located on the shore of Mackinac Island, two miles northwest of the island's downtown and harbor. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Mackinac Island.

Mackinac Island

Latitude
45.8491° or 45° 50′ 57″ north
Longitude
-84.6199° or 84° 37′ 12″ west
Population
471
Elevation
791 feet (241 metres)
Open location code
86QQR9XJ+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154343044
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5000469
Wiki­data ID
Q1431148
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mackinac Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ماكيناك”
  • Basque: “Mackinac uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Макінак”
  • Belarusian: “Макінак”
  • Bengali: “ম্যাকিনাক দ্বীপ”
  • Catalan: “Illa Mackinac”
  • Cebuano: “Mackinac Island”
  • Chechen: “Макино-Айленд”
  • Chinese: “麥基諾島”
  • Chinese: “麦基诺岛”
  • Dutch: “Mackinac Island”
  • Dutch: “Mackinac-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Mackinac”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره ماكيناك”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Makinaco”
  • Finnish: “Mackinac Island”
  • Finnish: “Mackinac-saari”
  • French: “Île de Mackinac”
  • French: “Ile Mackinac”
  • French: “île Mackinac”
  • French: “Île Mackinac”
  • French: “Mackinac Island”
  • German: “Mackinac Island”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Μάκινο”
  • Hebrew: “מאקינאק”
  • Hebrew: “מקינו איילנד”
  • Hungarian: “Mackinac Island”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Mackinac”
  • Interlingua: “Insula Mackinac”
  • Japanese: “マキナック島”
  • Japanese: “マキノー島”
  • Japanese: “マッキノー島”
  • Kazakh: “Makïno”
  • Kazakh: “Макино”
  • Kazakh: “ماكىينو”
  • Lithuanian: “Makinako sala”
  • Mingrelian: “მაკინოშ კოკი”
  • Polish: “Mackinac”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Mackinac”
  • Russian: “Макинак”
  • Russian: “Макино”
  • Serbian: “Mackinac Island”
  • Serbian: “Ostrvo Makino”
  • Serbian: “Острво Макино”
  • Spanish: “Isla Mackinac”
  • Swedish: “Mackinac Island”
  • Tagalog: “Isla Mackinac”
  • Tagalog: “Isla ng Mackinac”
  • Tagalog: “Mackinac”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Mackinac”
  • Tamil: “மாக்கினாக் தீவு”
  • Tatar: “Макино-Айленд”
  • Telugu: “మాకినాక్ ద్వీపం”
  • Ukrainian: “Макіно-Айленд”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Mackinac”

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