Brimley is an

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and

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(CDP) in Chippewa County,

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. The CDP had a population of 504 at the 2020 census. Brimley is located in Michigan's

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, and is located along the southern shore of

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. The community is located within Superior Township. Brimley is home to Brimley State Park and Bay Mills Resort & Casino, the latter operated by the

Bay Mills Indian Community The Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) (Ojibwe: Gnoozhekaaning, lit. "Place of the Pike"), is an Indian reservation forming the land base of one of the many federally recognized Sault Ste. Marie bands of Ojibwe. The largest section of the reservati ...

. As an unincorporated community, Brimley has no legal autonomy of its own, however it does have its own post office with the 49715 ZIP Code.

History

Brimley was established as a station on the

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in 1872. The community was platted in 1887, and was given a

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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

Geography

According to the

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, the Brimley CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (18.60%) is water. Brimley is located in the eastern

, and is located along the south shore of Waiska Bay, a bay of

. The mouth of the Waiska River is located within the community. Immediately west of Brimley is the

, which is home to Bay Mills Resort & Casino and

Bay Mills Community College Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) is a public tribal land-grant community college in Brimley, Michigan. It is chartered by the federally recognized Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan with a total enrollment of approximately 500 on-campus a ...

. Immediately east of Brimley is Brimley State Park. Brimley lies about southwest of

Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie may refer to: People * Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, a Native American tribe in Michigan Places * Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada ** Sault Ste. Marie (federal electoral district), a Canadian federal electora ...

Major highways

* is a short north–south route connecting Brimley to M-28, a major east–west state trunkline highway.

Demographics

Education

Brimley is home to the Brimley Area Schools district, which operates a public school within the community. The school's teams are known as the "Bays".

References

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