Editing Mackinac County, Michigan

{{short description|County in Michigan, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county      = Mackinac County
 | state              = Michigan
 | ex image             = Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan.jpg
 | ex image cap         = The [[Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)|Grand Hotel]] on [[Mackinac Island, Michigan|Mackinac Island]]
 | seal                 = 
 | founded date         = October 26
 | founded year         = 1818<br/>organized 1849<ref name="clarke"/><ref name="Mackinac Early History">{{cite web 
|url=http://www.mackinaccounty.net/County-Info-Links/early-history.html
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130721030832/http://www.mackinaccounty.net/County-Info-Links/early-history.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=July 21, 2013
|title=Mackinac Early History 
|access-date=July 20, 2013 }}</ref>
 | seat wl          = St. Ignace
 | largest city wl  = St. Ignace
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 2101
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 1022
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 1079
 | area percentage      = 51%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 10834
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 10851 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | time zone           = Eastern
 | web  = www.mackinaccounty.net
 | district             = 1st
 | named for            = [[Straits of Mackinac]] }}

'''Mackinac County''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|k|ə|n|ɔː}} {{respell|MAK|ə|naw}}, {{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|m|æ|k|ə|n|ə}} {{respell|MAK|ə|nə}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[Upper Peninsula]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 10,834.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ironcountymichigan/POP010220|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Formerly known as '''Michilimackinac County''', in 1818 it was one of the first counties of the [[Michigan Territory]], as it had long been a center of French and British colonial fur trading, a Catholic church and Protestant mission, and associated settlement.<ref name="clarke">{{cite web |url=http://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke/AccessMaterials/Bibliographies/MichiganLocalHistory/Pages/mackinac.aspx |publisher=Clarke Historical Library, [[Central Michigan University]] |title=Bibliography on Mackinac County|access-date=July 20, 2013}}</ref> The county's name is shortened from "''Michilimackinac''", which referred to the [[Straits of Mackinac]] area as well as the French settlement at the tip of the lower peninsula.<ref name="clarke"/> Mackinac County is one of two U.S. counties to feature shorelines on two Great Lakes, being [[Lake Huron]] and [[Lake Michigan]] (the other county being neighboring [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]).

==History==
{{see also|History of Northern Michigan}}
Michilimackinac County was created on October 26, 1818, by proclamation of territorial governor [[Lewis Cass]]. The county originally encompassed the [[Lower Peninsula]] of Michigan north of [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]] and almost the entire present [[Upper Peninsula]]. As later counties were settled and organized, they were divided from this territory.

On April 1, 1840, areas in the Lower Peninsula were laid off to create 30 new counites.<ref>{{cite book |author=George Dawson |date=1840 |title=Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Annual Session of 1840 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDg4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA196 |location=Detroit |pages=196–200}}</ref> By 1841, the County of Michilimackinac was confined to the Upper Peninsula and its nearby islands, bordering [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa]] and [[Menominee County, Michigan|Menominee]] counties.<ref>{{cite book |author=H. S. Tanner |date=1841 |publication-date=1844 |title=Tanner's Universal Atlas |page=25 |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3200m.gcws0193/?sp=37 |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Carey & Hart}}</ref>

On March 9, 1843, Michigan further divided the Upper Peninsula into six counties. At this time, the County of Michilimackinac more closely resembled its modern configuration, including only a portion of the Upper Peninsula closest to the Straits of Mackinac, plus several islands.<ref>{{cite book |author=Ellis & Briggs |date=1843 |title=Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Annual Session of 1843 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033931703&seq=217 |location=Detroit |pages=201}}</ref>

At the time of founding, the county seat was the community of Michilimackinac Island on Michilimackinac Island, later known as [[Mackinac Island, Michigan]]. This has been an important center for [[fur trading]] before the 1830s, when European demand declined. The county was organized in 1849 as Mackinac County. In 1882 the county seat was moved from Mackinac Island to [[St. Ignace, Michigan]], which had been founded as a French [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Mission (station)|mission]] village during the colonial years.

Mackinac County is home to the [[Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians]], a Native American [[state recognized tribe]] located in [[St. Ignace]].
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==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|2101|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1022|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1079|sqmi}} (51%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 27, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024015/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|archive-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> Mackinac County lies at the boundary of [[Lake Huron]] and [[Lake Michigan]].

[[St. Ignace]] is the northern terminus of the [[Mackinac Bridge]]. [[Mackinac Island]] is within the county.

Due to its sparse population, the county has no weather stations.

===Adjacent counties===
[[File:Straits of Mackinac, cropped from ISS067-E-7708.jpg|thumb|Taken on April 10, 2022, during [[Expedition 67]] of the International Space Station; north is oriented to the right. Mackinac County's border with Emmet and Charlevoix counties is at the center.|left]]'''By land'''
*[[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]] (northeast)
*[[Luce County, Michigan|Luce County]] (northwest)
*[[Schoolcraft County, Michigan|Schoolcraft County]] (west)
'''By water'''

*[[Presque Isle County, Michigan|Presque Isle County]] (southeast)
*[[Cheboygan County, Michigan|Cheboygan County]] (south)
*[[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]] (south)
*[[Charlevoix County, Michigan|Charlevoix County]] (southwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Hiawatha National Forest]] (part)

==Communities==
[[File:Mackinac County, MI census map.png|thumb|right|450px|[[United States Census|U.S. Census]] data map showing local municipal boundaries within Mackinac County. Shaded areas represent incorporated cities.]]

===Cities===
* [[Mackinac Island, Michigan|Mackinac Island]]
* [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]] (county seat)

===Civil townships===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Bois Blanc Township, Michigan|Bois Blanc Township]]
* [[Brevort Township, Michigan|Brevort Township]]
* [[Clark Township, Michigan|Clark Township]]
* [[Garfield Township, Mackinac County, Michigan|Garfield Township]]
* [[Hendricks Township, Michigan|Hendricks Township]]
* [[Holmes Township, Mackinac County, Michigan|Holmes Township]] (Defunct)
* [[Hudson Township, Mackinac County, Michigan|Hudson Township]]
* [[Marquette Township, Mackinac County, Michigan|Marquette Township]]
* [[Moran Township, Michigan|Moran Township]]
* [[Newton Township, Mackinac County, Michigan|Newton Township]]
* [[Portage Township, Mackinac County, Michigan|Portage Township]]
* [[St. Ignace Township, Michigan|St. Ignace Township]]
{{div col end}}

=== Census-designated place ===

* [[Naubinway, Michigan|Naubinway]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Allenville, Michigan|Allenville]]
* [[Brevort, Michigan|Brevort]]
* [[Caffey, Michigan|Caffey]]
* [[Caffey Corner, Michigan|Caffey Corner]]
* [[Cedarville, Michigan|Cedarville]]
* [[Charles, Michigan|Charles]]
* [[Curtis, Michigan|Curtis]]
* [[Engadine, Michigan|Engadine]]
* [[Epoufette, Michigan|Epoufette]]
* [[Evergreen Shores, Michigan|Evergreen Shores]]
* [[Garnet, Michigan|Garnet]]
* [[Gilchrist, Mackinac County, Michigan|Gilchrist]]
* [[Gould City, Michigan|Gould City]]
* [[Gros Cap, Michigan|Gros Cap]]
* [[Hessel, Michigan|Hessel]]
* [[Huntspur, Michigan|Huntspur]]
* [[Kenneth, Michigan|Kenneth]]
* [[Millecoquins, Michigan|Millecoquins]]
* [[Moran, Michigan|Moran]]
* [[Ozark, Michigan|Ozark]]
* [[Patrick Landing, Michigan|Patrick Landing]]
* [[Pickford, Michigan|Pickford]]
* [[Pointe Aux Pins, Michigan|Pointe Aux Pins]]
* [[Pontchartrain Shores, Michigan|Pontchartrain Shores]]
* [[Port Dolomite, Michigan|Port Dolomite]]
* [[Port Inland, Michigan|Port Inland]]
* [[Rexton, Michigan|Rexton]]
* [[Rockview, Michigan|Rockview]]
* [[Simmons, Michigan|Simmons]]
{{div col end}}

===Indian reservations===
* [[Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians]]
* The [[Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians]], which is headquartered in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]] in [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]] to the north, occupies two small territories within Mackinac County. One is located in [[St. Ignace Township, Michigan|St. Ignace Township]] about {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of the city of [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]] on the shores of [[Lake Huron]]. The other portion is located in rural northwest [[Clark Township, Michigan|Clark Township]].<ref>{{cite web|last=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/mi_cosub.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609141604/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/mi_cosub.pdf |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |url-status=live|title=Michigan County Subdivision Outline Map|access-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1830 = 877
| 1840 = 923
| 1850 = 3598
| 1860 = 1938
| 1870 = 1716
| 1880 = 2902
| 1890 = 7830
| 1900 = 7703
| 1910 = 9249
| 1920 = 8026
| 1930 = 8783
| 1940 = 9438
| 1950 = 9287
| 1960 = 10853
| 1970 = 9660
| 1980 = 10178
| 1990 = 10674
| 2000 = 11943
| 2010 = 11113
| 2020 = 10834
|estyear=2023
|estimate=10851
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 4, 2024}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mi190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref> 2010–2018<ref name="QF"/>
}}

The [[2010 United States census]] reported that Mackinac County had a population of 11,113, a decrease of 830 (-6.9%) from the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=US Census website|access-date=July 6, 2013}}</ref> In 2010 there were 5,024 households and 3,219 families in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|11|/mi2|/km2|}}. There were 11,010 housing units at an average density of {{convert|11|/mi2|/km2|}}>). Racially, 76.5% of the population were [[White American|White]], 17.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.5% [[African American|Black or African American]], 0.2% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.2% of some other race and 5.3% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]; 1.1% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race). Culturally, 18.5% were of [[German American|German]], 8.8% [[English American|English]], 8.0% [[French American|French]], [[French Canadian American|French Canadian]] or [[Cajun]], 7.6% [[Irish American|Irish]] and 5.1% [[Polish American|Polish]] ancestry.<ref>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/index.xhtml### "American FactFinder"]{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> By the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 10,834.<ref name="QF" />

In 2010, there were 5,024 households, of which 20.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.7. Among them, 18.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 19.3% from 25 to 44, 34.0% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. The population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.

The [[median household income]] was $39,055 and the median family income was $50,984. The [[per capita income]] was $22,195. About 10.5% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.3% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.

Religiously, [[Christianity in the United States|Christianity]] is the predominant religion for the county and region of the Upper Peninsula. Mackinac County is part of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dioceseofmarquette.org//|title=Diocese of Marquette :: home|author=Floline Media LLC|work=dioceseofmarquette.org|access-date=December 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201042340/http://www.dioceseofmarquette.org/|archive-date=December 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmarq.html|title=Marquette (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]|author=David M. Cheney|work=catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>

==Education==
School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st26_mi/schooldistrict_maps/c26097_mackinac/DC20SD_C26097.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722195057/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st26_mi/schooldistrict_maps/c26097_mackinac/DC20SD_C26097.pdf |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mackinac County, MI|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 22, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st26_mi/schooldistrict_maps/c26097_mackinac/DC20SD_C26097_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

K-12:
* [[Engadine Consolidated Schools]]
* [[Les Cheneaux Community Schools]]
* [[Mackinac Island Public Schools]]
* [[Pickford Public Schools]]
* [[Rudyard Area Schools]]
* [[St. Ignace Area Schools]]
* [[Tahquamenon Area Schools]]

Elementary:
* [[Bois Blanc Pines School District]]
* [[Moran Township School District]]

==Media==

===Newspapers===
*The ''[[Mackinac Island Town Crier]]'' is the weekly seasonal newspaper of Mackinac Island.
*The ''[[St. Ignace News]]'' is the weekly newspaper for the [[Upper Peninsula]] area of the [[Mackinac Straits]].

===Television===
The following [[television]] stations can be received in St. Ignace:
*Channel 4:[[WTOM-TV]] "TV 7&4" ([[NBC]]) ([[Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]]) (simulcasted in Channel 7, [[Harrietta, Michigan|Harrietta]])
*Channel 8:[[WGTQ]] "ABC 29&8" ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]) ([[Goetzville, Michigan|Goetzville]]) (simulcasted in Channel 29, [[Kalkaska, Michigan|Kalkaska]])
*Channel 10:[[WWUP-TV]] "9&10 News" ([[CBS]]) ([[Goetzville, Michigan|Goetzville]]) (simulcasted in Channel 9, [[Tustin, Michigan|Tustin]])

===Radio===
The following stations can be heard in St. Ignace:

====FM====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Call sign
! Frequency
! City broadcast from
|-
| [[WIAB]] 
| 88.5
| [[Mackinaw City, Michigan|Mackinaw City]]
|-
| [[WSBX (FM)|WSBX]]
| 94.5
| Mackinaw City
|-
| [[WLXT]]
| 96.3
| [[Petoskey, Michigan|Petoskey]]
|-
|  [[WWMK (FM)|WWMK]]
|  106.3 
|  [[Onaway/Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]]
|-
| [[WAWM (FM)|WAWM]]
| 98.9
| Petoskey
|-
| [[WCBY - W264CF]]
| 100.7
| [[St.Ignace, Michigan]]
|-
| [[WMKC]]
| 102.9
| [[Indian River, Michigan|Indian River]]
|-
| [[WCMU-FM|WCMW]]
| 103.9
| [[Harbor Springs, Michigan|Harbor Springs]]
|-
| [[WKHQ]]
| 105.9
| [[Petoskey, Michigan|Petoskey]]
|}

====AM====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Call sign
! Frequency
! City broadcast from
|-
| [[WTCM (AM)|WTCM]]
| 580
| [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]]
|-
| [[WOUF (AM)|WOUF]]
| 750
| Petoskey
|-
| [[WIDG]]
| 940
| [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]]
|-
| [[WWMN (AM)|WWMN]]
| 1100
| Petoskey
|-
| [[WCBY]]
| 1240
| [[Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]]
|}

==Government==
[[File:Mackinac County Courthouse.jpg|thumb|right|Mackinac County Courthouse in St. Ignace]]
Mackinac County is reliably Republican. Since the 1964 landslide of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], it has only supported a Democrat twice, and neither time with a majority of the vote. [[Bill Clinton]] won the county in his 1992 and 1996 victories; the latter remains the last time a Democratic presidential candidate has won the county.

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{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,107|2,452|68|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,096|1,937|71|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,507|1,751|319|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,967|2,748|2|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,064|2,042|11|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,279|1,540|4|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,058|1,285|11|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,182|1,138|42|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,268|1,488|20|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|2,591|2,075|13|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,984|2,286|76|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,504|2,578|27|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,879|1,355|9|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,606|998|507|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,685|932|63|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,082|908|37|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|612|730|425|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,156|769|38|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,191|503|28|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,059|632|25|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|806|804|44|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|478|855|17|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|625|913|15|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|479|558|3|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1880|Democratic|145|296|0|Michigan}}
{{PresFoot|1876|Democratic|74|204|0|Michigan}}

The county government operates the [[County jail|jail]], maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains [[vital records]], administers [[public health]] regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The [[county commission|county board of commissioners]] controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions &mdash; police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. &mdash; are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

===Elected officials===
* [[Prosecutor|Prosecuting Attorney]]: J. Stuart Spencer
* [[Sheriff]]: Edward Wilk
* [[County Clerk]]: Hillary Vowell
* [[Treasurer|County Treasurer]]: Jennifer Goudreau
* [[Register of Deeds]]: Mary Jo Savard
* [[County Surveyor]]: Jeffrey M. Davis

<small>(information as of April 2015)</small><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mackinaccounty.net/departments/ | title=Departments &#124; Mackinac County | date=October 25, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Michigan Bar Journal |date=April 2015 |page=107 |publisher=[[State Bar of Michigan]]}}</ref>

==Historical markers==
There are 34 official state historical markers in the county:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm|title=Michigan Historical Markers|work=michmarkers.com|access-date=February 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717055930/http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm|archive-date=July 17, 2014|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* Across the Peninsula
* [[American Fur Company]] Store
* [[Battle of Mackinac Island|Battlefield of 1814]]
* [[Biddle House (Mackinac Island)|Biddle House]]
* [[Bois Blanc Island (Michigan)|Bois Blanc Island]]
* British Cannon
* [[British Landing]]
* [[Marquette Park (Mackinac Island)|Early Missionary Bark Chapel]]
* [[Epoufette]]
* [[Fort de Buade]]
* [[Fort Holmes]]
* [[Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)|Grand Hotel]]
* [[Gros Cap Island]] & [[St. Helena Island Light|St. Helena Island]]
* Historic [[Fort Mackinac]]
* [[Indian Dormitory]]
* [[Island House (Mackinac Island)]]
* [[Lake Michigan]]
* [[Lake View Hotel]]
* Little Stone Church
* [[Mackinac Conference]]
* [[Mackinac Island]]
* [[Mackinac Straits]]
* Market Street
* [[Mission Church (Michigan)|Mission Church]]
* [[Mission House (Mackinac Island)|Mission House]]
* Northernmost Point of [[Lake Michigan]]
* [[Old Agency House]]
* [[Round Island Light (Michigan)|Round Island Light]]house
* [[Sainte Anne Church (Mackinac Island)|Sainte Anne Church]]
* [[St. Ignace]]
* [[St. Ignace Mission]]
* [[Skull Cave (Mackinac Island)|Skull Cave]]
* [[Trinity Church (Mackinac Island)]]
* [[Wawashkamo Golf Club]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wawashkamo.com/|title=Wawashkamo Golf Club Mackinac Island}}</ref>

==Transportation==

===Airports===
The [[Mackinac County Airport]] (83D) in St. Ignace and [[Mackinac Island Airport]] (MCD) on Mackinac Island are located within Mackinac County. The nearest airports with scheduled commercial passenger service are [[Chippewa County International Airport]] (CIU) in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]] and [[Pellston Regional Airport]] (PLN).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pellstonairport.com/|title=Pellston Regional Airport Serving Northern Michigan Emmet County|work=pellstonairport.com}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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*{{jct|state=MI|BL|75|dab1=St. Ignace}}
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*{{jct|state=MI|M|48}}
*{{jct|state=MI|M|117}}
*{{jct|state=MI|M|123}}
*{{jct|state=MI|M|129}}
*{{jct|state=MI|M|134}}
*{{jct|state=MI|M|185}}
*{{jct|state=MI|CDH|H-33|county1=Mackinac}}
*{{jct|state=MI|CDH|H-40|county1=Mackinac}}
*{{jct|state=MI|CDH|H-42|county1=Mackinac}}
*{{jct|state=MI|CDH|H-57|county1=Mackinac}}
*{{jct|state=MI|CDH|H-63|county1=Mackinac}}
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M-185 does not allow motor vehicles with the exception of emergency vehicles and service vehicles.

===Ferry===
Numerous companies operate ferries to [[Bois Blanc Island (Michigan)|Bois Blanc Island]] and [[Mackinac Island]]. Ferries to and from Mackinac Island sail from [[St. Ignace]] and [[Mackinaw City]], while the Bois Blanc Island ferry sails from [[Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]].

===Rail===
*[[Canadian National Railway]]

==Attractions==
*[[British Landing]]
*[[Fort Mackinac]]
*[[Garlyn Zoo]]
*[[Straits State Park]]
* Deer Ranch
*[[Castle Rock (Michigan)]]

==See also==
* [[List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Mackinac County, Michigan]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Mackinac County, Michigan]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke/AccessMaterials/Bibliographies/MichiganLocalHistory/Pages/mackinac.aspx |publisher=Clarke Historical Library, [[Central Michigan University]] |title=Bibliography on Mackinac County|access-date=July 20, 2013}}
*{{Cite book
| publisher = Macmillan
| volume = 1
| last = Wood
| first = Edwin Orin
| title = Historic Mackinac : the historical, picturesque and legendary features of the Mackinac country : illustrated from sketches, drawings, maps and photographs, with an original map of Mackinac Island, made especially for this work: in two volumes
| location = New York
| access-date = April 20, 2014
| date = 1918
| url = https://archive.org/details/historicmackinac01wooduoft
}}
*{{Cite book
| publisher = Macmillan
| volume = 2
| last = Wood
| first = Edwin Orin
| title = Historic Mackinac : the historical, picturesque and legendary features of the Mackinac country : illustrated from sketches, drawings, maps and photographs, with an original map of Mackinac Island, made especially for this work: in two volumes
| location = New York
| access-date = April 20, 2014
| date = 1918
| url = https://archive.org/details/historicmackinac02wooduoft
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.mackinaccounty.net/ Mackinac County government]
*[http://www.nmu.edu/sites/DrupalRuralAndLocal/files/UserFiles/Files/Pre-Drupal/SiteSections/Resources/Mackinac.pdf Mackinac County Profile, Sam M Cohodas Regional Economist, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Ph.D.]
*[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;q1=mackinac%20county;rgn=full%20text;idno=arw8562.0001.001;didno=ARW8562.0001.001;view=image;seq=54;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset; A History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Fuller, George N.]
*[http://www.stignace.com/ St. Ignace visitor's bureau]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Mackinac County
|North     = [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]
|Northeast = [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]
|East      = [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]
|Southeast = [[Lake Huron]]; [[Presque Isle County, Michigan|Presque Isle County]]
|South     = [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]] / [[Cheboygan County, Michigan|Cheboygan County]]
|Southwest = [[Lake Michigan]]; [[Charlevoix County, Michigan|Charlevoix County]]
|West      = [[Schoolcraft County, Michigan|Schoolcraft County]]
|Northwest = [[Luce County, Michigan|Luce County]]
}}

{{Mackinac County, Michigan}}
{{Upper Peninsula of Michigan}}
{{Michigan}}

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