Manitou Passage

{{short description|Navigable Lake Michigan waterway}}

Manitou Passage is a navigable Lake Michigan waterway separating North and South Manitou Island from mainland Michigan.{{cite gnis |id=1623079 |name=Manitou Passage |entrydate=1980-04-14 |accessdate=2013-11-26}}{{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}} 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.{{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}}