Download coordinates as: The Little Mackinaw River is an 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km)[1] river in the U.S. state of Illinois.

It is a tributary of the Mackinaw River, which it joins near Hopedale in Tazewell County.

[2] The river's name is derived from the Ojibwe word mikinaak meaning "turtle".

[3] The following cities, towns and villages are drained by the Little Mackinaw: The following Illinois counties are in part drained by the Little Mackinaw:

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