Brimley

History

Brimley was established as a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway in 1872. The community was platted in 1887, and was given a post office with the name Superior in 1888. The community was renamed to Brimley in 1896. For the 2020 census, Brimley was included as a newly listed census-designated place.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Brimley CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (18.60%) is water. Brimley is located in the eastern Upper Peninsula, and is located along the south shore of Waiska Bay, a bay of Lake Superior. The mouth of the Waiska River is located within the community. Immediately west of Brimley is the Bay Mills Indian Community, which is home to Bay Mills Resort & Casino and Bay Mills Community College. Immediately east of Brimley is Brimley State Park. Brimley lies about southwest of Sault Ste. Marie. * is a short north–south route connecting Brimley to M-28, a major east–west state trunkline highway.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  6,578
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,407
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  4,378
• American herring gull, Smithsonian Gull

  Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 · Aves
  4,295
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,828
• Ring-billed Gull

  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves
  3,516
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,287
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  3,211

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2016-06-28
  8 km ESE of De Tour Village, Michigan