Brimley State Park will be featuring various wood carvers
demonstrating their craft on June 14 and June 21. Activities will
begin each day at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.
Scott Kuefler, a chain saw carver from Chesterfield, Michigan, will
be carving outside the picnic shelter on both June 14 and 21. John
Fleet from Bellaire, Michigan, will do a Great Lakes freighter model
ship building demonstration on June 21. Margaret and James Wicks, duck
decoy and fish carvers from Curtis, Michigan, will be at Brimley on
June 21 to do a fish carving workshop. Larry Gilbert, a fish carver
from Sault Ste. Marie, will also be doing a fish carving workshop on
June 21. All the artists will be bringing kits to sell to those
interested in wood carving and will be available to assist anyone who
would be interested in starting a carving or building a ship.
For additional information or to pre-register for one of the
workshops, please call Brimley State Park at (906) 248-4322.
Brimley State Park is located at 9200 West 6 Mile Rd. in Brimley in
the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula on Lake Superior's Whitefish
Bay. Some of the more popular activities at the park include swimming,
boating, fishing and freighter watching. Area attractions include
Tahquamenon Falls, two national fish hatcheries, the Hiawatha National
Forest, Mackinac Island Historic Park, the Tower of History, the
Museum Ship Valley Camp, the Soo Locks and Soo Locks Boat Tours, the
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, Whitefish Point Bird
Observatory and Point Iroquois Lighthouse. All are within a short
drive of the park.
Brimley State Park offers modern camping facilities, with sites
that range from $21 to $23 per night for a 30 amp site or a 50 amp
site. The park has 237 sites, all with electrical hook-ups. Additional
park amenities include a mini-cabin and three modern restrooms with
showers and an enclosed picnic shelter. Reservations for camping can
be made by calling 800-447-2757 or online at:
www.midnrreservations.com.
All motor vehicles entering a state park or recreation area must
display a Motor Vehicle Permit, available for purchase at the
entrance. Cost is $24 for resident annual and $6 for resident daily. A
non-resident annual is $29 and a non-resident daily is $8.
