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Quiet Adventurers How the Isle au Haut Electric Power Company became a community force
In 1968, the year-round population of Isle au Haut had dwindled from a historic high of 300 to 17. Those who stayed through the winters relied on wood stoves, outhouses, kerosene lamps and iceboxes; they pumped their own water, and made their own electricity with sputtering, unreliable generators. Then, a man named Patrick Tully led