Stuart Island, Alaska
Encyclopedia
Stuart Island is a small island on the southeast side of the Norton Sound
of Alaska
. The island is about 9.3 miles (15 km) long and 6.2 miles (10 km) wide with a land area of 52.195 sq mi (135.185 km²) and had no resident population at the 2000 census
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Stuart Island has no permanent settlements, but is only a short distance by water from Stebbins
, which is on neighboring St. Michael Island
. Stuart Island is home to an unmanaged herd of reindeer
put there as part of the Stebbins/St. Michael Reindeer Corral Project.
Stuart Island collects a significant amount of driftwood, due to its location North and East of the Upper Yukon River Delta. Spring runoff brings trees and logs down the mighty Yukon River that, after reaching the Bering Sea, are pushed by wind and tides into Norton Sound. Stuart Island is directly in the path of the driftwood pushed into the Sound, and its west-facing beaches provide a traditional firewood supply for residents of Stebbins.
Norton Sound
Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. It is about 240 km long and 200 km wide. The Yukon River delta forms a portion of the south shore and water from the Yukon influences this body of water...
of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. The island is about 9.3 miles (15 km) long and 6.2 miles (10 km) wide with a land area of 52.195 sq mi (135.185 km²) and had no resident population at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
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Stuart Island has no permanent settlements, but is only a short distance by water from Stebbins
Stebbins, Alaska
Stebbins is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 547.-Geography:Stebbins is located at , on the north side of St...
, which is on neighboring St. Michael Island
St. Michael Island, Alaska
St. Michael Island is an island on the southeast side of the Norton Sound in Alaska. The island is about long and wide.St. Michael Island contains two settlements, St. Michael, on the island's east side, and Stebbins, on the northwest side.St...
. Stuart Island is home to an unmanaged herd of reindeer
Reindeer
The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
put there as part of the Stebbins/St. Michael Reindeer Corral Project.
Stuart Island collects a significant amount of driftwood, due to its location North and East of the Upper Yukon River Delta. Spring runoff brings trees and logs down the mighty Yukon River that, after reaching the Bering Sea, are pushed by wind and tides into Norton Sound. Stuart Island is directly in the path of the driftwood pushed into the Sound, and its west-facing beaches provide a traditional firewood supply for residents of Stebbins.