- The title says Jussarö, which is just the name of the island, near of Tammisaari. Other good and descriptive titles could be a iron ore mine, a prison island, coastguard station, fishing village or a pilot station.

- The Jussarö island has been closed for a long time. The last occupants were the military personnel from the coastguard and the place was strictly off limits from the civilians. This all changed in the summer of 2005, when the island became open for civilians as the coastguard left from the island.

- The first notes about Jussarö, dates to the 1240's, as the island has always been an important land mark to the sailors. The first hints about the possible iron ore in the island became obvious in the 17th century, when the disturbances that the island caused to compass, was marked down to the navigation guides. First experimental excavations were made in 1817 and finally the iron ore mine was opened in 1834.

- Most of the 19th century when the mine was operational, the workers in the mine consisted prisoners, who were sent to Jussarö. The island still holds an cemetery, which might contain the remains of the prisoners who died while working in the mine. The first mine was finally closed in 1861, as it wasn't a very profitable mine and the prices for iron ore had gone down. After a hundred years, a new mine was opened by the Oy Vuoksenniska Ab in 1961. This mine however wasn't in operation for too long, as the place was closed down in 1967.

- After the mine closed down it's operations, the only thing that remained in the island was the coastguard station which remained in the island to the year 2005. Today, there's not much left from the lively fishing village or from the pilot station. The buildings stand abandoned and devastated, full of bullet holes from the practicing of military and police. There's only a small cafeteria in the island, few sheeps and that's about it. Time will tell what happens to the island, will it again turn into a lively village or fade away into the history, with the buildings finally giving up under the pressure of time and weather.

- Buildings from the time that the Oy Vuoksenniska Ab was operational. Most of the buildings were carefully boarded up, with signs warning about asbestos, attached to them. Most likely I could have found my way into the boarded buildings, but time was an important factor here, as we had agreed with the taxi boat that they would pick us up on a certain time. Own boat would be the best option, that would enable a closely and careful exploration. 

- Ruins from something...

- The thing that I was amazed, how devastated the place was. I guess it's an universal thing, that when military leaves from some place, they destroy everything that has to be left behind, as the scene here didn't differ much from the scene in the Soviet military airbase in Haapsalu.