# Manitou Passage

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{{short description|Navigable Lake Michigan waterway}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
'''Manitou Passage''' is a navigable [Lake Michigan](/source/Lake_Michigan) [waterway](/source/waterway) separating [North](/source/North_Manitou_Island) and [South Manitou Island](/source/South_Manitou_Island) from mainland [Michigan](/source/Michigan).<ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis |id=1623079 |name=Manitou Passage |entrydate=1980-04-14 |accessdate=2013-11-26}}</ref><ref name="CoastPilot">{{cite book |title=United States Coast Pilot 6: Great Lakes: Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior, and St. Lawrence River |url=http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=6 |edition=43rd |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service |year=2013 |chapter=11: Lake Michigan |page=323 |accessdate=2013-11-26}}</ref> The passage—used by deep-draft [lake freighter](/source/lake_freighter)s—is located in [Leelanau County](/source/Leelanau_County) and is within the [Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve](/source/Manitou_Passage_Underwater_Preserve).

[John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy)'s president yacht [S/Y ''Manitou''](/source/S%2FY_Manitou) was named after Manitou Passage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Fast-Facts/Manitou.aspx |title=John F. Kennedy Fast Facts: Manitou (Boat) |publisher=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |accessdate=2013-11-26}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/14912.shtml NOAA Nautical Chart 14912]

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Category:Bodies of water of Leelanau County, Michigan
Category:Lake Michigan
Category:Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Category:Straits of Michigan

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