Northumberland Strait
References
- EH1:
"Evelyn Henry", Abegweit Review,
Volume 3, No. 1, 1980 p 79 ("It is hard to get an accurate time on
the swim.")
- EH2,
JL3: "Getting Into the Swim", Globe and Mail, 3 Aug 1963
- EH2:
"First Strait swimmer lauded in 1951", The Guardian
(Charlottetown), 4 July, 2005, p. A7.
- EH3:
"PEI Sports Hall of Fame and Museum: Distance Swimming: Evelyn
(Henry) Brown", http://www.peisportshalloffame.ca/personalities/personalitiy.cfm?ID=30
- JL1:
"Strait Was Big Surprise for Veteran Pro Swimmer", The Guardian
(Charlottetown), July 29, 1963
- JL2: "LaCoursiere Takes Swim Victory After Seven Hrs.",
The Guardian (Charlottetown), July 29, 1963
- MG1,
TE, BM1: "Gaudet Conquers Northumberland
Strait - Two Complete Shorter Route, Three Others Fail", The Guardian
(Charlottetown), 4 Aug 1986, p10.
- BM2:
"Barb Does It!", The Journal-Pioneer,
23 Jul 1987.
- BM3:
"Island swimmer makes record books", The Guardian (Charlottetown),
23 Jul 1987
- BM4:
"PEI Sports Hall of Fame and Museum: Distance Swimming: Barbara Mary MacNeill", http://www.peisportshalloffame.ca/personalities/personalitiy.cfm?ID=93
- RB,
JL2, HW, JS: "Splash from the past", The Guardian
(Charlottetown), 30 Jul 2005, p C1
- JB, MD, ML, SM, JH, PS, LC, DS:
"Huit nageurs ont relevé le défi du détroit de Northumberland,
dimanche Des Néo-Brunswickois mâtent les eaux de
l'Atlantique", L'Acadie
Nouvelle, 31 Aug 2004, p. 32
- DP:
"History Through The Headlines", The Guardian (Charlottetown),
17 Dec 1999, p 58
- AB:
"P.E.I. swimmer crosses Northumberland Strait", CBC News, 28
July, 2005,
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/07/28/swimmer-roe-050728.html
- KR:
"Kristin did it!". The Guardian
(Charlottetown), 29 July, 2005, p. A1 (*Note that Kristin did not set the
record, as this article claims.)
- JA1:"Sports
in brief", The Chronicle Herald, 17 July 2006, p. D2
- LG: "Lara
Gibson Conquers The Northumberland Strait!", Masters Swimming Canada:
My MSC: http://www.mymsc.ca/Features/200608/LaraGibsonUpdate.jsp
- JA2:
"Halifax woman completes two-way swim of Northumberland Strait",
Canadian Press / Cape Breton Post, 27 July 27, 2007, p. A7.
Created 28th June 2008.
Last Updated 29th July 2008