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    coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Mackinaw River is a 130-mile-long (210 km) tributary of the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois. Its watershed...
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    Mackinac Mackinaw River, a tributary of the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois Little Mackinaw River, a tributary of the Mackinaw River Mackinac...
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  • coordinates) The Little Mackinaw River is an 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km) river in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a tributary of the Mackinaw River, which it joins...
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  • Moine River Sangamon River Salt Creek Spring Creek Sugar Creek Lick Creek Spoon River Mackinaw River Little Mackinaw River Panther Creek Red River Big Bureau...
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    but is politically independent of Mackinaw Township. Both take their name from the nearby Mackinaw River. Mackinaw (sometimes spelled Mackinac) is derived...
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    USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) is a 240-foot (73 m) multi-purpose vessel with a primary mission as a heavy icebreaker specifically built for operations on the...
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    The mackinaw jacket, also known as a mackinaw coat, is a short double-breasted coat made of a thick heavy woollen material, generally with a red-and-black...
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    Mackinaw City (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw) is a village at the northernmost point of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Divided between Cheboygan...
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    river. South of Peoria, the Illinois River goes by East Peoria and Creve Coeur and then Pekin in Tazewell County. It is then joined by the Mackinaw River...
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    USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) is a decommissioned United States Coast Guard icebreaker which operated on the Great Lakes for 62 years. A state-of-the-art icebreaker...
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    Mackinaw cloth is a heavy and dense water-repellent woolen cloth, similar to Melton cloth but using a tartan pattern, often "buffalo plaid". It was used...
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  • Township MackinawMackinaw (sometimes spelled Mackinac) is derived from the Ojibwe word mikinaak meaning "turtle". Mackinaw River Mackinaw River State...
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  • Three of the six rivers in the Lower Illinois River Basin (Spoon River, Illinois River, and Mackinaw River) are in central Illinois. Their combined length...
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  • The Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 1,448-acre (586 ha) state park in Tazewell County, Illinois. It is operated by the Illinois Department...
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    IL 122 runs east to Hopedale. Further north, the highway crosses the Mackinaw River beside a steel truss bridge serving old IL 121. East of Tremont, I-155...
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    term two different Mackinaw boats evolved: one for use on the upper Great Lakes, and the other for use on the upper Missouri River and its principal tributaries...
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    the limits of timber. Like most Mackinaw River towns, Lexington was laid out on higher ground some distance from the river itself. Gridley and Brown first...
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  • Prairie. Together with the rest of the Mackinaw River's drainage, the creek ultimately feeds the lower Illinois River. This Panther Creek should not be confused...
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    Illinois River. Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area - 1,426-acre (577 ha) area of semi-protected habitat on the Illinois River. Mackinaw River State...
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    Dubuque, Illinois) and Bloomington. Kappa sits on the north side of the Mackinaw River. Approximately five miles to the southeast is Lake Bloomington, while...
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    Lake Mackinaw River Marshall Mautino Mazonia/Braidwood Mermet Lake Middle Fork Mississippi River Newton Lake Jim Edgar Panther Creek Peabody River Pekin...
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  • into the Mackinaw River near Congerville. Via the Mackinaw River, the Red River of Illinois is part of the Illinois River and Mississippi River watershed...
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    Branch of Panther Creek. Both streams run to the Mackinaw River, a west-flowing tributary of the Illinois River. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,411...
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    when James Rutledge and John Camron built a gristmill on the Sangamon River. They surveyed and sold village lots for commercial business and homes on...
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  • 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2014-01-09. Lemke et al. Evaluating Agricultural Best Management Practices in Tile-Drained Subwatersheds of the Mackinaw River, Illinois...
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    all land. The village drains south toward the Mackinaw River, a west-flowing tributary of the Illinois River. Anchor was laid out on April 28, 1880, by Daniel...
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    1982. It is located on Walnut Creek, a tributary to Panther Creek and Mackinaw River. Visitors may enjoy its picnic grounds and occasionally fishing, but...
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    Waltmire Bridge is a historic bridge which carried Locust Road across the Mackinaw River 4.9 miles (7.9 km) south of Tremont, Illinois. The bridge was built...
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    Money Creek is a northwest-flowing tributary of the Mackinaw River, part of the Illinois River watershed. The village gets 37 inches (940 mm) of rain...
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    Landing on the Tallahatchie River, near Glendora. It is believed to be the site where Till's body was retrieved from the river. 4.31 acres was donated to...
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