North Cape And Mackinac

Wind farms become tourist attractions

Atlantic City, N.J., where the Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm, now complete, has become a mini-tourist attraction. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports tourists can get up close to turbines, each of which “saves 24,000 barrels of crude oil a year.” Philly.com reports that the 35-story-tall machines attract about 15,000 visitors a year.

Searsburg, Vt., where a local business now offers periodic tours of the Searsburg Wind Power Facility, taking care to limit access in order to protect wildlife habitat, particularly for bears.

Cape Cod, Mass., where HyLine Cruises is already planning to offer tours of the huge, recently approved offshore wind farm site there once construction begins, next year—recalling similar boat tours tourists took during construction of the Mackinac Bridge. HyLine reportedly opposed the farm when it was announced, but now predicts its turbine tours and a windpower visitor center will be more popular than the whale tours the company offers there.

North Palm Springs, Calif., where a company charges $30 a customer for a 90-minute bus tour of a 30-year-old wind farm. The company describes the tour as “a short course in ecology awareness and environmentally friendly power” that demonstrates turbine tech evolution.

In Block Island, Rhode Island, where a proposed offshore development is a hot button issue, the tourism director told Puitt that she believes local support for the project will depend on how it affects electric rates for residents.

Michigan does not allow the power from wind turbines to be sold locally and electric rates are already low, he writes, but there could be some other incentives.

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Upper lakes of North America, being a guide from Niagara falls and Toronto, to Mackinac, Chicago, Sant Ste Marie, etc., passing through lakes Michigan and Superior; returning through lakes Huron and St. Clair, to Detroit and Buffalo

A trip through the lakes of North America, embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River, together with all the principal places on its banks, from its source to its mouth ; commerce of the lakes, etc. ; forming altogether a complete guide for the pleasure traveler and emigrant ; with maps and embellishments

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