'inters long ago were hazardous n the Island, with no means of >mmunication with the mainland, roups of hearty men used to jll large rowboats across the e-packed Strait of Northumber- ind by leather straps attached i their shoulders. They would in lis way gain passage to the lores of New Brunswick over ice id open water, a distance of 17 iles. LUCY MAUDE MONTGOMERY O.B.E . 1874-1942 Jthor of "Anne of Green Gables " lis was the first in the series of ivels, which cast a romantic glow er the native province, and gain- I for her international fame as e creator of "One of the im- ortal children of fiction".