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Statement of Purpose: To bring together people interested in the history of the Charlevoix area and in the protection and preservation of places and objects of historical value in the area.
HELP "KEEP THE LIGHT ON"
Restore Charlevoix's Lighthouse

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Click Here to order The Charlevoix Historical Society's newest publication, “Charlevoix Pier Lights”

Thank you to our 2008 Patrons!


Photo by Lyle Miles

Harsha House Museum
State Historic Site
103 State Street
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Print by Jim Annis

Charlevoix Depot Museum
State & National Historic Site
Depot Beach Area
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More interesting Charlevoix history links & info...

"The History of Bridge Street and Harbor of Charlevoix “The Beautiful” Michigan"

Serialized in fifteen installments in the Charlevoix Courier in 1967, Don Campbell’s delightful “History of Bridge Street” as he recollected it from 1897 to 1963 has now been published for the Society by his daughter Julia Anne Bandfield.  Click Here for details.

"Bob Miles' Charlevoix II"

This beautiful hardbound edition with nearly 500 pages and well over 450 photos and other images, is the second comprehensive history of Charlevoix. Click Here for details.

Historic Photos Calendar: Thirteen memorable scenes from Charlevoix's history, many new to the photo archives and never before published, including "ice" fishing on an iceless Round Lake, an aerial view of the channel and lighthouses, the "Resort Special" train at the depot, the Tower Hotel on Park Avenue, the old Belvedere Hotel and cottages, Bridge Street in the 1920s, the upper channel and former entrance to Old River, the record-shattering speed boat Miss Charlevoix, Charlevoix's first fire engine, bobsledding on the south Bridge Street hill, and more. Click Here for 2009 calendar details.

Also visit the Charlevoix Public Library site...
where you will find three fantastic historical sections: EARL YOUNG - His Life and Legacy - Bolder & Boulder; A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS - Historic Charlevoix Compiled & Narrated by Bob Miles, Photographer & Historian; and the ROSA NETTLETON BOOK - The Highlights of Charlevoix History - 1869 to 1906 - from the Charlevoix Sentinel.


Interested in the history of Camp Charlevoix? Click Here

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