MSPCGT:Brimley SP Mystery Cache

Michigan State Parks Centennial GeoTour (GT93)

UPDATE: 3/1/2024:

2019 was the 100^th Anniversary of Michigan State Parks and we're still celebrating!. Join the Michigan Geocaching Organization (MiGO), the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Geocaching.com for the first official GeoTour in Michigan.

This tour was originally scheduled to run for three years, kicking off on Friday of Memorial Weekend in 2019 and continue through May 31, 2022. The success of this awesome tour has not gone unnoticed. On February 2, 2022, The DNR announced the extension of the GeoTour through September 24, 2024! Join us in making a final push to complete this very popular and very successful GeoTour before the sun sets on it.

Each geocache is in one of Michigan's state parks. The geocaches are arranged by MiGO Region, with twenty-five geocaches per region. The Ticket to Celebrate 100 is available for download from the DNR's Geocaching page. It explains how to qualify for prizes in each of the four regions and for the GeoTour as a whole.

Day use areas of state parks are open from 8AM to 10PM. Geocaching is limited to those hours. Entry into Michigan's State Parks requires a Michigan Recreation Passport. See the Resources section below for more information.

The sun will set on the MSPCGT at midnight Tuesday, September 24, 2024. The MSPCGT will go off the air as a GeoTour and the caches will disappear from the map. There is a lot of construction going on in our State Parks in 2024. Some of the GeoTour caches will have to be pulled earlier. The remaining geocaches in the tour will be archived October 1, 2024. Players will have until December 31, 2024 to claim any prize they have earned. Hiders will be contacted to request removal of the geocaches they hid unless they have made arrangements with park managers and have their own permit in place to keep the geocache in play, with a new GC Code.

Now for some good news: MiGO and the DNR are busy working on a new project that will kick off in the Spring of 2025, code named MSPGT 2.0. Are you interested in helping? Keep your MiGO Membership up to date and stay tuned to the website.

Cache:

This cache was hidden as part of the Michigan State Parks Centennial GeoTour, presented by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Geocaching Organization. Record the codeword printed on the log book and on a label inside the cache container to the appropriate box on the Ticket to Celebrate 100 form. See the instructions on the form to claim prizes.

This is a single stage cache with the cache at the listed coordinates. The cache is protected by by combination lock. The solution of the lock is determined by the answers to a survey of the local state park and surrounding areas.

Q1) When was the Brimley State Park established?
     0) 1923
     1) 1952
     2) 1919
     3) 1969

Q2 You are on the shore of Lake Superior. What is the name of the bay in front of you?
     6) Autrain Bay
     7) Ashmun Bay
     8) Waiska Bay
     9) Saginaw Bay

Q3) What is the traditional (native) name of Lake Superior?
     1) Kitch-iti-kipi
     2) Gitchee-Gumee
     3) Potawatami
     4) Ojibwe

Q4) What type of rock do people search for on the shores of Lake Superior?
     1) Quartz
     2) Agates
     3) Pudding Stones
     4) Petoskey Stones

Record your answers, they will be helpful when you find the cache. Start your journey at the day use parking lot, and navigate to the Deland Pathway, follow your geo-senses.

You are looking for a Regular size container. Please return everything as good or better than you found it.

Thank you usyoopers for creating, hiding and maintaining this MSPC GeoTour cache.

^{Photo courtesy of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources}
The beach at Brimley State Park

Brimley State Park:

Brimley State Park provides recreational opportunities along the beautiful shore of Lake Superior′s Whitefish Bay.

^{Photo courtesy of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources}
Harvest Festival at Brimley State Park

In the fall the Brimley State Park Harvest Festival is always a popular activity, while summer visitors enjoy the beach on Whitefish Bay.

History:

One of the oldest state parks in the Upper Peninsula, Brimley State Park was established in 1923 when the village of Brimley gave the park's first 38 acres to the state for park purposes. Additional acreage was purchased by the state in the years that followed.

^{Map courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources}

Activities:

In addition to activates available at the park, which include fishing, boating, hiking and hunting, this park located in the north east part Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is close to Round Island Point Nature Preserve and a short 14 mile drive to Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, the location of the Soo Locks, which enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes. Also, in the nearby City of Brimley you can visit the Wheels of History Train Museum.

Information:

For more information, reservations and a calendar of events, follow this link to Brimley State Park.

Special thanks to kathyg103 for help with this geocache.

Special thanks to Cherry Capital Cachers for the Upper Peninsula regional prize.

Resources:

• State Parks Centennial GeoTour - Download the Ticket to Celebrate 100
• Michigan.gov/StateParks100
• Michigan DNR Recreation Passport
• When were Michigan state parks and recreation areas established?
• Michigan Geocaching Organization (MiGO)