BRIMLEY

Region: Sault Ste. Marie

Brimley is the beginning point for a beautiful drive along the south shore of Whitefish Bay for at least 20 miles, or all the way to Paradise and Whitefish Point if you want to go that far. The east part of this area, right by Brimley, is affected by the twin influences of cottage/small resort development and by the Bay Mills Indian Community, a longtime area fishing community which pioneered Indian gambling in the region.
Once a bustling lumber and commercial fishing town, today Brimley is more of a bedroom community, home to a good number of the personnel who work at the big state prison 20 miles south in Kinross. Downtown Brimley has a combination hardware/convenience store, a bank, and not a whole lot more.

The region around Brimley is rich in tasty wild blueberries. Picking is permitted anywhere on National Forest land. See the introduction for hints, and ask local Forest Service personnel for suggestions. Sadie Tinsley picks 500 quarts a year. You can buy them from her home on M-28 at Tilson Road, a mile west of the turnoff to Brimley via M-221. But if you want to pick them yourself, a locally famous spot is the area behind the old missile base near Raco, about ten miles west of Brimley on M-28. In a typical season, the blueberries ripen the fourth week of July and last for about a month.

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PLACES AROUND BRIMLEY TO

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