Mackinac

[ mak-uh-naw ]

noun

1. Straits of, a strait between the peninsulas of Upper Michigan and Lower Michigan, connecting lakes Huron and Michigan.
2. Also Mackinac Island. an island in Lake Huron at the entrance of this strait. 517; 3 miles (5 km) long.

Mackinac

/ -ˌnæk; ˈmækɪˌnɔː /

noun

1. a wooded island in N Michigan, in the Straits of Mackinac (a channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan): an ancient Indian burial ground; state park. Length: 5 km (3 miles)

Example Sentences

It had before formed a link, as it were, in the traverse of this part of the lake (Huron) in canoes to old Mackinac.

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If we stay where we are,” suggested Fred at last, “we can get back to Mackinac Island in the morning.

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The telegraph operator refused to take any message that should be paid for at Mackinac.

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And then they would be able to find somebody that would pick them up and take them back to Mackinac.

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On the same island of Mackinac the English had a fort, the garrison of which was massacred in 1763.

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