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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 946 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHARLEVOIX , a See also:

VILLAGE

village and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Charlevoix county, See also:

Michigan, U.S.A., 16 m. E.S.E. of See also:

PETOSKEY

Petoskey, on See also:

Lake Michigan and See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

Pine Lake, which are connected by Pine See also:

RIVER

river and See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

Round Lake. Pop. (189o) 1496; (190o) 2079; (1904) 2395; (1910) 2420. It is on the See also:

main See also:

LINE

line of the Pere See also:

Marquette railway, and during the summer See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season is served by lake steamers. The village is best known as a summer resort; it is built on bluffs and on a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

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 See also:

LUMBER

lumber See also:

PORT

port, and the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are the manufacture of lumber and of See also:

CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement; fishing (especially for lake See also:

TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout and See also:

white See also:

fish); the raising of See also:

SUGAR

sugar See also:

BEETS, NIKOLAAS (1814-1903)

beets; and the manufactu're of rustic and See also:

FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy See also:

wood-See also:

WORK

work. Charlevoix was settled about 1866, and was incorporated as a village in 1879.

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