Later when Ulmo returned with the island ferry, the Teleri had grown to love the sea.

In 1976, the Trillium a 1910 paddle-wheeler ferry which had been abandoned in a lagoon, was refurbished and relaunched for use as an island ferry.

The Province of Ontario followed the Government of Canada's lead and ended its airport subsidy, dropping the $1 million annual subsidy of the island ferry.

It has caught the fancy of many Long Islanders and is served on island ferries, on the Hampton Jitney and at MacArthur Airport.

It was hard to believe that most of these islands were populated and we often caught glimpses of island ferries plying industriously between lonely rockbound piers.

By 1937 the CN Canora went back into service but at this time the island ferry terminal moved to the Point Ellice dock.

Ms. Pagan clung to the rail on the top deck of the island ferry, the Miss New Jersey.

To get a car to the mainland on the island ferry, the owner must get it running, inspected and registered, the town official said.

Some yachts and most inter island ferries cannot sail under such conditions.

The main way to get to the island is via the island ferry, the M.V Thresher, which departs from Cunnamore point to the island's main pier 6 times a day, every 2 hours, from 8am to 6pm during the summer.