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Michigan›Deepest lakes›Charlevoix County

MI · ranked by public data

The 14 Deepest Lakes in Charlevoix County, Michigan

14 Charlevoix County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 45 documented lakes in the county.

  1. 1152 ft
    511 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Thumb Lake

    limitedDepth map
    45.19, -84.76511 acres | 152 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    152 ft maximum depth · 511 acres

  2. 2122 ft
    17,268 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Lake Charlevoix

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    45.25, -85.0817,268 acres | 122 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    122 ft maximum depth · 17,268 acres

  3. 3100 ft
    4,567 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Walloon Lake

    limitedDepth map
    45.27, -84.964,567 acres | 100 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    100 ft maximum depth · 4,567 acres

  4. 452 ft
    110 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Lake Marion

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    45.23, -85.25110 acres | 52 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    52 ft maximum depth · 110 acres

  5. 550 ft
    480 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Lake Geneserath

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    45.60, -85.54480 acres | 50 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    50 ft maximum depth · 480 acres

  6. 631 ft
    369 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Sixmile Lake

    limitedDepth map
    45.12, -85.20369 acres | 31 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    31 ft maximum depth · 369 acres

  7. 722 ft
    119 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Hoffman Lake

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    45.13, -84.78119 acres | 22 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    22 ft maximum depth · 119 acres

  8. 820 ft
    463 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Deer Lake

    limitedDepth map
    45.17, -84.98463 acres | 20 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    20 ft maximum depth · 463 acres

  9. 917 ft
    77 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Fox Lake

    limitedDepth map
    45.65, -85.5777 acres | 17 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    17 ft maximum depth · 77 acres

  10. 1016 ft
    95 acres

    Charlevoix County, MI

    Harwood Lake

    limitedDepth map
    45.21, -85.3395 acres | 16 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    16 ft maximum depth · 95 acres

RankLakeCountyMax depthAcres
11Susan LakeCharlevoix15 ft126
12Nowland LakeCharlevoix15 ft123
13Steele LakeCharlevoix12 ft76
14Font LakeCharlevoix7 ft357

Methodology

How this list is built

  • Ranked by the deepest point recorded in Michigan DNR Institute for Fisheries Research (IFR) lake surveys — historical hand-drawn survey maps, largely mid-1900s, digitized by the DNR. Depths have not been re-confirmed by modern survey.
  • Only lakes with an IFR survey can rank; Michigan lakes without one are not listed rather than guessed at.
  • Lakes under 50 acres — or without a confidently matched Michigan DNR GIS lake polygon for acreage — are excluded from rankings.
  • Public access inventories are not yet tracked for Michigan, so access is never shown or ranked here.

FAQ

Charlevoix County lake records

What is the deepest lake in Charlevoix County?

Thumb Lake — Thumb Lake in Charlevoix County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked Charlevoix County lake, at 152 feet — a historical DNR survey figure, not a modern re-survey.

Deepest lakes statewideBiggest lakes in Charlevoix CountyAll Charlevoix County lakes

Source data: Michigan DNR Institute for Fisheries Research historical lake surveys (largely mid-1900s; depths not re-confirmed by modern survey) and Michigan DNR GIS lake polygons, as aggregated by LakeList.Lake outlines are shoreline shapes from LakeList and the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; they illustrate a lake's form and are not depth or navigation charts.