Bruce Mines is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the north shore of Lake Huron in the Algoma District along Highway 17.

[3] In 1876 the mines were closed due to floods, cave-ins, and declining profits, leading to a shift to agricultural development in the area.

Several attempts to re-open the mines in the early 1900s saw only limited success by Mond Nickel, who shipped the quartz-copper flux ore to Sudbury.

The Township of Plummer Additional depends on Bruce Mines and other urban centres for most of its commercial and community services.

In the 2010 municipal election, winning mayoral candidate Gordon Post pledged to investigate the feasibility of reamalgamating Bruce Mines and Plummer Additional.

The Marks brothers from Hilton Beach would load a barge on St. Joseph Island and bring fresh produce, meat and lumber to the miners in Bruce Mines.

They were not allowed to land on the dock, so would anchor their barge in the middle of the bay and the people of Bruce Mines would row and paddle out to buy merchandise from them.

The building was used as a scout and church hall for many years until 1945 when another fire destroyed the Bruce Mines Public School.

The building stood empty until the Town of Bruce Mines purchased it in 1950 when it was used as a public library and as a storage house for local artifacts.

It was housed in the museum in the 1950s and early 60s at which time Plummer Additional and the Town of Bruce Mines collaborated and passed a bylaw forming the Union Public Library.

It had 5 Keepers of the Light, Angus McNeish, Merrit Strum, Joseph Harvey, Gord Inch, Mr Wing.

[6] Population trend:[1][10][11] Open all year round is the Bruce Mines and Plummer Additional Union Public Library.

In 2001, local hockey basically stopped dead in its tracks due to lack of interest to play in Bruce Mines.

[citation needed] Bruce Mines partners with Desbarats to participate in soccer, in a local league with St. Joseph Island, and Echo Bay.

Ontario Northland provides intercity motor coach service to Bruce Mines as a flag stop along its Sault Ste.