Huron-Kinloss is a rural township along Lake Huron featuring Boiler Beach and Point Clark Beach, the Point Clark Lighthouse National Historic Site, the diverse collection of organic food plants at the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens, Lucknow’s Music in the Fields rural music festival, and the Huron-Kinloss Ice Cream Trail.
The largest communities in Huron-Kinloss are Lucknow, Ripley, and Point Clark.
Lucknow
Lucknow (population 1,100) has a strong business community, a sports complex, seniors’ homes, an elementary school, and many service clubs. Popular winter activities include cross-country skiing and snowmobiling.
Ripley
The town of Ripley is known as the Hub of Huron for good reason. Located in the heart of Huron-Kinloss, this Scottish-flavoured village developed quickly when the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway built a line through it in 1874. This prompted a building boom, turning Ripley into a centre of commerce for the surrounding farm country. Grist mills, grain warehouses, stockyards, and hotels, soon sprang up.
Today, Ripley has a population of 600 and features an elementary school, three churches, a library, an arena, soccer fields, a ball diamond, a retirement home, and a volunteer fire department. The annual Ripley Food Art Craft Festival is held in August and showcases local artisans and food producers.
Point Clark
Located on the shores of Lake Huron, Point Clark features stops on the Huron-Kinloss Ice Cream Trail, a newly restored lighthouse, parks and picnic areas, beaches, water sports, and trails.
