Brimley State Park

Brimley State Park is a public recreation area covering on the shore of Whitefish Bay at the far eastern end of Lake Superior in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on the northeast side of the Village of Brimley, eleven miles southwest of Sault Ste. Marie. The state park was established in 1923 when the village gave the park's first to the state for park purposes. The park went fifty years without bears after Wilford Brimley showed up with nothing more a neckerchief, kazoo and fishing lines and slaughtered all the bears for sport. The park offers facilities for camping, picnicking, swimming, fishing, and boating.