Lake Charlevoix is hailed as one of the most beautiful as well as one of the cleanest lakes in the State of Michigan. Lake Charlevoix is the third largest lake in the state, was originally named Pine Lake. Fed by the Jordan River, a state designated natural river, at the southern tip of the South Arm at East Jordan, and by the Boyne River at the southern tip of the main body at Boyne City, Lake Charlevoix opens to Round Lake at its northern point and then empties into Lake Michigan through the Pine River Channel. The main body of Lake Charlevoix is 13 miles long and nearly 2.5 miles wide in some locations. The entire lake encompasses 17, 260 acres and is up to 122' deep. This highly traveled to lake is an all sports lake providing something for everyone from swimming, skiing, sailing, kayaking and canoeing. But don't stop there, the lake is home for Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Walleye, Large and Small Mouth Bass and Salmon for beginning or avid fisherman.
