Charlevoix is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Charlevoix County. Part of Northern Michigan, Charlevoix is located on an isthmus between Lake Michigan and Lake Charlevoix, bisected by the short Pine River. Charlevoix serves as the main access point for Beaver Island, the largest island in Lake Michigan, which can be accessed by Island Airways or carferry. The population of Charlevoix was 2,348 at the 2020 census. Charlevoix is mostly surrounded by Charlevoix Township, but the two are administered autonomously.
Starved Rock State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by the many canyons within its 2,630 acres (1,064 ha). Located just southeast of the village of Utica, in Deer Park Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, along the south bank of the Illinois River, the park hosts over two million visitors annually, the most for any Illinois state park.
The Charlevoix South Pier Light Station is located on Lake Michigan at the entrance to Lake Charlevoix in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan at the end of the south pier/breakwater of the channel leading to Round Lake in the city of Charlevoix.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Charlevoix County, Michigan.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Saginaw County, Michigan.
The Grand Village of the Illinois, also called Old Kaskaskia Village, is a site significant for being the best documented historic Native American village in the Illinois River valley. It was a large agricultural and trading village of Native Americans of the Illinois confederacy, located on the north bank of the Illinois River near the present town of Utica, Illinois. French explorers Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette came across it in 1673. The Kaskaskia, a tribe of the Illiniwek people lived in the village. It grew rapidly after a French mission and fur trading post were established there in 1675, to a population of about 6,000 people in about 460 houses. Around 1691 the Kaskaskia and other Illiniwek moved further south, abandoning the site due to pressure from an Iroquois invasion from the northeast.
Accokeek Creek Site, also known as Moyaone, is an archaeological site in Prince George's County, Maryland, located along the Potomac River across from Mount Vernon in today's Piscataway Park, which was inhabited intermittently since 2000 BC. Accokeek Creek Site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
Nottingham is a small town on the Patuxent River in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It contains an archaeological site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The Dumaw Creek Site is an archaeological site designated 20OA5, located along Dumaw Creek northeast of Pentwater, Michigan, that was the location of a 17th-century village and cemetery. It is one of the youngest pre-historic sites in Michigan, dating to the terminal Late Woodland Period just prior to European contact. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The Brown Site, designated 20GR21, is an archaeological site located along the Pine River near Tyler Road, south of Alma College. It is situated on a sandy point near a small creek. The site was discovered in 1976 as part of a survey of the Pine River watershed by researchers from Alma College, and excavations were conducted in 1977 and 1979. It is the site of a late Woodland period village dating to about AD 1000, covering 0.8 acres (0.32 ha).
The Holiday Park Site, designated 20GR91, is an archaeological site located in Alma, Michigan. The site is a few hundred meters south of the Pine River, and was the location of a Late Woodland period village covering approximately 0.5 acres (0.20 ha).
The Conservation Park Site, also known as the Pine River Park Site and designated 20GR33, is an archaeological site located along the Pine River in Alma, Michigan. The site was discovered by archaeologists from Alma College in 1976, and excavations conducted in 1977-81 and 1983-85 found early Woodland period material. indicating a camp covering 1.4 acres (0.57 ha). The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Skegemog Point Site, also known as the Samels Field Site or Samels Site and designated 20GT2, is an archaeological site located on the property of the Samels Farm at 8298 Skegemog Point Road, near Williamsburg, Michigan. Material at the site spans over 10,000 years, and the site is unique in that, due to glacial rebound, it is horizontally stratified rather than vertically stratified. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The Ponshewaing Point Site is an archaeological site located on Ponshewaing Point in Crooked Lake in Emmet County, Michigan. It was places on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The Hacklander Site, also designated 20AE78, is an archaeological site located on the south shore of the Kalamazoo River east of Douglas, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The site is significant because it represents much of what is understood about Woodland period life in the region.
The Moccasin Bluff site is an archaeological site located along the Red Bud Trail and the St. Joseph River north of Buchanan, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and has been classified as a multi-component prehistoric site with the major component dating to the Late Woodland/Upper Mississippian period.
The Charlevoix City Park Site is an archaeological site located between Bridge Street and Round Lake in Charlevoix, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The Garden Island Indian Cemetery, also designated 20CX12, is an archaeological site and Ojibwe burial site. located on Garden Island in Charlevoix County, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The O'Neill Site, also designated 20CX18, is an archaeological site located about 5 km south Charlevoix, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
The Wood Site is an archaeological site located in Hayes Township in Charlevoix County, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
