Cram's General Store
The other Big Bay information hub is this former IGA grocery, also a full-service gas station. A good general store in remote areas has to carry hardware, cookware, useful things like needles and thread, videos, propane, and some groceries, along with beer, wine, and spirits. Joe and Kathy Cram have gone way beyond that, with a meat department and, in groceries, at least one choice of just about anything you'd want. Complete picnic fixings are here, too, and some locally made gifts. Webmaster Pete Hall has created a giant Cram's General Store community web site with Big Bay Snowmobile Club info, recommended local fall color tours, and lots of neat stuff about Big Bay. The Crams also own the adjacent Hungry Hollow café and Laundromat. -7/2010
On the left (west) side of County Road 550 as you enter Big Bay. (906) 345-0075. Open daily year-round. Mon-Thurs 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fri & Sat 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sun 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wheelchair accessible. Happy to pump gas for customers who can't.
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Lake Independence and Perkins County Park. There's good year-round fishing at this big lake known for its northern pike, walleye, and perch. The shallow lake makes for warmer, earlier swimming at the attractive park beach ... more
Big Bay Outfitters/Anatomy of a Canoe. Part crafts shop, part outfitters and kayak and canoe dealer, part outdoors store. In season a daily waterfall and mountaintop tour of hard-to-find beauty spots ... more
North Shore Treasures. A charming, rambling shop sells lodge look accessories, Michigan jams and sauces, and select local handcrafts. ... more
Cram's General Store. Hardware, takeout sandwiches, complete groceries and meats, videos, snowmobile and car parts can be found at this community info center ... more
Big Bay Harbor and beach. A beautiful and little-used beach near unusual sandstone formations that are fun for kayakers and scuba divers to explore ... more
Big Bay Point lighthouse tour. Now a B&B, this 1896 brick lighthouse has tours highlighted by a climb up the 65' light tower viewing Lake Independence, the Huron Mountains, and passing ships ... more
Thomas Rock Trail/Gobbler's Knob Overlook. A grand view toward the Keweenaw Peninsula on this 20-minute trail ... more
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