Mackinaw Boat Aboard Small Boats - A Video Series Designer Nelson Zimmer based this double-ender shoal-draft ketch design on the Mackinaw boats that worked Lake Michigan and Lake Superior during the late 1800s.
Small Boats Annual 2008 The 18′ 8″ Mackinaw Boat A mini Lake Michigan workboat From the 2008 Small Boats Annual - This boat is a pint-sized version of a well-known and respected type that worked Lake Michigan from the late 19th century until the beginning of World War I. It’s called a Mackinaw boat—though historically that name applied to a range of boats that have only tenuous family connections.
