Things Named Mackinac/aw Posted October 21, 2019 A logger wearing a mackinaw coat near a log train, ca. 1906. Hennepin County Library Today there are several easily recognizable places and things named either Mackinac or Mackinaw. Mackinac Island, the Straits of Mackinac, the Mackinac Bridge, and Mackinaw City all come to mind. Did you know there are even more uses for Mackinac/Mackinaw? (more…)