For the year-round residents, summer is the time to make the money that will support them the rest of the year.
It has a population of over 1,200 year-round residents and perhaps 5,000 in summer.
And most of the 20,000 year-round residents weren't around to find out.
The island has about 60 year-round residents and a summer population of over 200.
This is in a region with only 100,000 year-round residents.
But many year-round residents of the islands decided to stay.
Like many other year-round residents, he and his wife have spent their married life moving from one rental to another.
It is often a year-round resident where water remains open in winter.
"But we have a lot of year-round residents who are struggling."
The island's last permanent year-round residents moved off island in 1927.