CHARLEVOIX  , a

village and the county-seat of Charlevoix county, Michigan, U.S.A., 16 m . E.S.E. of Petoskey, on Lake Michigan and Pine Lake, which are connected by Pine river and Round Lake . Pop . (189o) 1496; (190o) 2079; (1904) 2395; (1910) 2420 . It is on the main line of the Pere Marquette railway, and during the summer season is served by lake steamers . The village is best known as a summer resort; it is built on bluffs and on a series of terraces rising from Round and Pine lakes and affording extensive views; and there are a number of attractive summer residences . Charlevoix is an important hardwood lumber port, and the principal industries are the manufacture of lumber and of cement; fishing (especially for lake trout and white fish); the raising of sugar beets; and the manufactu're of rustic and fancy wood-work . Charlevoix was settled about 1866, and was incorporated as a village in 1879 .