 In 2005, a Wal-Mart store was blocked by the city of Charlevoix and store size limits were put into place.From 2006 to 2008, Charlevoix has offered to host the LaSalle-Griffon Project, a project that seeks to the ruins of a shipwreck that may be "Le Griffon".In late 2012, Charlevoix has a local controversy about an Onaway Stone fireplace that was donated and being constructed in east park with an annual operating cost of $6,700.00.The project was eventually shut down.