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     getting lost when caught traveling the ice 
     
     if a sudden snowstorm moved in. By 
     
     moving from bush to bush, they could 
     
     reach the home shore safely. 
     
    

    
     The ice was the usual route for 
     
     moving freight from the railway station 
     
     in Montague to Hicken’s Store. Coal 
     
     from a supplier in Georgetown or 
     
     Montague was brought by wood-sled 
     
     using the winter route. It was the 
     
     preferred way because it was generally 
     
     shorter and much, much smoother than 
     
     the land roads in winter. Residents of 
     
     Panmure Island crossed the ice to go to 
     
     church on Sundays.