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CRESCENT ISLAND

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xFACTS & FANCY

My name is Leslie, and I have the distinct privilege to bring you the details on Crescent Island. It is located on the northeastern corner of the SI Group and acts as a barrier to the currents and weather that prevail from the east. It is essentially a barren island predominated by rock, but there are some lower areas and some beaches. The coast is devoid of elements but does have some rock spires that photographers love. Crescent was the second island named aside from Shoppolis Islands East and West. This was because of its obvious shape, and it fit the description provided by Prize Mary's Sailing Master, Desmond Pequod, who had been to the island complex once in his life, when he was a boy. The deep, rapid current and narrow trench that passes at the south tip of the island and delivers all ships magically to the bay area now called Shoppolis Bay, is called the Passage. This trench continues south and exits the Island Group to the west of Wild Horse Island. It is the recommended entrance for the complex.

Crescent Island has no large industry and is used primarily by those enjoying stiff breezes, weather of extremes and a delightful vantage point from which to view the island complex and enjoy steaming platefuls of seafood. Approximately 1,375 people live on the island and are concentrated on the western tip in Point of View, a town specializing in seafood specialties prepared from indigenous water life. From the start, the Point, as it was called seemed to draw cookers and preparers of seafood because of the beach, prevailing breezes and perfect view of the water. At first, people brought their own "kitchens" but in 1916, Lester Burns, newly arrived from Belfast, a 25-year old, former city policeman and connoisseur of seafood specialties, remained on the Point and established "Pointer's Paradise" a shack that grew into a large shack-like structure with immense popularity and purpose. To this day, the clanging of the bells, still warn patrons to raise their feet as the pulse of high-pressure water, directly from the sea, is spewed across the floors to remove all the shells and other debris that are purposely dropped on the floor as part of the fun. Many a wet foot has come from not obeying the "bell."

Lester Burns passed away in 1969 and left the establishment to the "people of Shoppolis Islands." A pier was built in his memory, and our own cruise liner, the Point of View, is berthed near the restaurant. Pointer's Paradise is now run by a consortium of individuals from a number of the islands; many of our youth work among the tables and through the many rooms including the bathworks where the bell still rings, and the hoses still blow debris into capture troughs specially made for the purpose.

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