|
 Charlevoix County
Size: 414 Square Miles
Elevation: 600-1400 Feet
Physiography: Hill-lands
Growing Season: 80-140 days
Annual Precipitation: 30-32 inches
Average Snowfall: 80-120 inches
Forest Type: Maple-Beech-Birch-Hemlock
Fall Colors: Late September - Early October
In 1847 James Strang, an elder of the Mormon Church, founded a religious colony on Beaver Island. After his assassination in 1856 the colony dissolved. With the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad in the 1870's the county began to grow. Lumbering attracted settlers. Tourism became an important industry. Boyne City hosts a national mushroom picking championship in May, and Charlevoix hosts an apple festival in the Fall.
Cities, Villages & Towns
|
Advance
|
Barnard
|
Bay Shore
|
Beaver Island
|
Birch Hills
|
|
Boyne City
|
Boyne Falls
|
Burgess
|
Charlevoix
|
Clarion
|
|
East Jordan
|
Horton Bay
|
Ironton
|
Norwood
|
Phelps
|
|
Saint James
|
Springvale
|
Walloon Lake
|
Wildwood
|
|
|
Area Links
|
