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Rh beaches, cliffs, glens and acres of cone-bearing trees. A Welsh grantee, William Owen, named the island in 1770 for Lord William Campbell, then Governor of Nova Scotia, of which New Brunswick was still a part. The soil being fertile, he contrived the pun—Campo-bello, a Fair Field. Before 1765, the English called it the Great Island of the Passamaquoddy. In its many Welsh place-names it reflects the nationality of the family who retained the property, two miles wide by ten miles long, for over a century. On the east shore there are sharp-pointed cliff’s, on the west arable slopes. The principal drives from the Tyn-y-Coed Hotel are to Southern Head; to Bunker Hill and Eastern Head, the last-named peaks being the highest on the island; to Man-of-war Head via the hamlet of Welshpool, and to Herring Cove.

On the way from wintering on St. Croix, the remnant of de Monts' colony "took shelter over night at Menane during which night were heard the voices of the sea-wolves." Champlain said this island "six leagues in extent" was called by the Indians, Manthane. The Passamaquoddy word munaan means "the island." Petit Manan draws close to the Maine coast, but Grand Manan stands doggedly against the tides at the very portals of Fundy. Boisterous currents which catch among its scraggy reefs hurl their spray