Little Mackinaw River

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Little Mackinaw River

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| source1_location = Danvers Township, McLean County, Illinois

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|40.5350379|-89.246475|region:US-IL|format=dms|name=Little Mackinaw River origin}}

| mouth_location = Confluence with the Mackinaw River in Tazewell County near Hopedale, Illinois

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|40.4422624|-89.4617646|region:US-IL|format=dms|name=Little Mackinaw River mouth|display=inline,title}}

| progression = Little Mackinaw River → Mackinaw → Illinois → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico

| source1_elevation =

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|538|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| length_mi = 19

| custom_label = GNIS ID

| custom_data = {{GNIS 4|412369}}

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The Little Mackinaw River is an {{convert|18.5|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed May 13, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a tributary of the Mackinaw River, which it joins near Hopedale in Tazewell County.{{gnis|412369|Little Mackinaw River}} The river's name is derived from the Ojibwe word mikinaak meaning "turtle".{{cite book |last=Nichols |first=John D. |last2=Nyholm |first2=Earl |title=A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |location=Minneapolis |year=1995}}