58 Panmure Island today A hundred years ago, Panmure was an island. Then a causeway formed naturally. Local people added to it by piling rocks and earth, until it became a road. iiitfiMi ; . -. - '. i ■'' Causeway to Formerly, people of Panmure took their pigs and shipped them across at low tide in the fall to market, after fattening them up on the Island. The pigs ate beech nuts in the woods. The seagulls used to drop their shells on the rocks to open them to get at the meat. When the dirt road was paved, they were delighted, since it was easy to drop the clams on the pavement for them to eat the insides. But it was a disaster for the tires of cars. Bernard MacGillivray on Panmure Island had 14 flat tires. So Lem Moore used to carry a broom in his car and sweep the shells to the side before driving on. Nowadays, Lester Steele is paid to sweep the causeway of shells, which he does as often as it is needed.