Annual Boat Count

This is the tabulation of the annual boat count of Lake Charlevoix and Round Lake that has been collected by the Lake Charlevoix Association under the direction of Steve Hansen. The data has been collected every year since 1998.

                            Year 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Type of boat
Oars/paddle 579 857 894 863 879 597 778 709 655 648
Sail, all sizes 611 660 611 603 605 566 706 664 693 692
Power, <26' 1921 2175 1921 1995 1945 2102 1916 1733 1851 1824
Power, 26" and up 579 587 579 636 588 529 568 558 554 454
PWC 737 724 732 715 684 659 668 583 592 554
 
Totals 4737 5003 4737 4812 4701 4453 4636 4247 4335 4170
 
Launching Ramp Boats
(included in above
numbers)		 120 208 139 227 189 271 259 203 148 207

The Method of Collection.
Boats on moorings, lifts, at slips, at anchor, on the beach, and dinghies on board larger craft were counted from aboard small boats early in the morning before there was traffic on the Lakes. Boats in marina slips were counted by walking the docks. Launching ramps were surveyed sequentially that same afternoon between 1PM and 4PM. At the ramps, boats seen launching, being retrieved, and empty trailers were all counted. The general principle was to count every boat that could be/is used on the lakes that day.

Date of Collection.
The count is always done on the first or second weekend in August. The weather has been fine for all years except in 1999, when it was overcast in morning and threatening to rain in afternoon, and in 2003 when the forecast was for possible thunderstorms [that did not come] in afternoon.