{{short description|Navigable Lake Michigan waterway}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} '''Manitou Passage''' is a navigable Lake Michigan waterway separating North and South Manitou Island from mainland 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 freighters—is located in Leelanau County and is within the Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve.
John F. Kennedy's president yacht S/Y ''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>
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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