Students from Orcas Christian School took a boat ride to Stuart Island and spent the day visiting the island last week. They hiked from Prevost Harbor through the middle of the island to the school house where they walked through library and museum. Continuing on to the northwest tip of the island, they ate their lunches on the grounds of  the Turn Point Lighthouse.

Jim Bergquist, who has lived on Stuart Island for more than 20 years and has written a book “The History of Stuart Island” talked with the students about the lighthouse and its history. Bergquist is part of the Turn Point Lighthouse Preservation Society that is restoring the lighthouse station. He opened up the museum and the keepers’ quarters that are being restored so the students could get a feel for that time period and a working lighthouse. Each student received a postcard of the lighthouse and a BLM junior activity book.  Turn Point Lighthouse is part of the San Juan Islands National Monument.