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Charlevoix Charlevoix, Mich.

Charlevoix

Michigan, United States
Also known as: Pine River
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Charlevoix, city, seat (1869) of Charlevoix county, northwestern Michigan, U.S. It is located between Lake Charlevoix and Lake Michigan, about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Mackinaw City and the Straits of Mackinac. Settled by fishermen by 1852, it was built on the site of an Indian village and was known as Pine River until renamed for the French Jesuit missionary explorer Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix. Charlevoix is now a resort and pleasure-boat haven with air...

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