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The northwest tip of the island, Turn Point, has a Lighthouse to guide shipping in the busy waters of Boundary Pass to the island's north. The lighthouse and nearby Lovers Leap (locally Suicide Cliff) are popular hiking destinations accessible by county road. Sheltered Anchor ages for boaters can be found in Reid Harbor and Prevost Harbor, with public state park facilities in each. There are no stores or other public commercial establishments on the island, aside from the locally famous Treasure Chest. This is a wooden box, stocked by a local family with printed T-shirt s and other souvenir items; each shirt comes with an envelope through which visitors are expected to return payment by mail, based on an Honor System . Stuart Island is also home to a renewable energy effort called the Stuart Island Energy Initiative. This initiative has designed a complete system that begins with photovoltaic cells that feed electrolysers, which in turn allow hydrogen to be stored for later use by fuel cells to supply electicity. (www.siei.org) |
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