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Mackinac Island (/ ˈ m æ k ə n ɔː / MAK-ə-naw, locally / ˈ m æ k ə n ə / MAK-ə-nə; French: Île Mackinac; Ojibwe: Mishimikinaak ᒥᔑᒥᑭᓈᒃ; Ottawa: Michilimackinac) is an island and resort area, covering 4.35 square miles (11.3 km 2) in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the island in Odawa is ...
Mackinac Island is encircled by M-185, a state highway that is only accessible to pedestrians, bicyclists, and horse-drawn vehicles, as cars are banned on the island. In downtown Mackinac Island, the highway is known as "Main Street", while elsewhere it is known as "Lake Shore Road".
Mackinac Island in Michigan. [9] Cars were initially banned from streets in July 1898. [ 33 ] The use, possession or operation of any motor vehicle is against the law, with very limited exceptions.
Mackinac Island is a one-of-a-kind place. The remote island, located between Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas, has a ban on almost all motor vehicles. There are no cars on the island ...
A 1901 Geneva steam-powered car toured the island and was exhibited in Marquette Park before being towed by horse back to British Landing. [25] When Vice President Mike Pence visited the island in September 2019 to attend the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, he was accompanied by an eight-vehicle motorcade, a first for the island; [35 ...
Russell Island is a small private island in the St. Clair River in the U.S. state of Michigan between Algonac and Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada.It is immediately upriver from Sand Island which is itself immediately upriver from Harsens Island; it includes two smaller islands, Anderson Island on the northwest, and "The Gold Coast" on the southwest.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Islands of Michigan. It includes Islands that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Uninhabited islands of Michigan"
The following is a list of islands of Michigan.Michigan has the second longest coastline of any state after Alaska.Being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior—Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds, as well as innumerable rivers, that may contain their own islands included in this list.