Their religion is not a casual Sunday cloak, but a mantle that sustains them through the trials and toils of life. Many of the watermen are lay preachers and Sunday-school teachers. Flat and small, the island is ideal for bicycles. It has only three miles of roadway. By far the heaviest traffic of Tangier is on the water.
Boats hold the same place in Tangier lives that automobiles do for mainlanders.
Tangier Island has a daily mailboat. It transports mail, freight, and passengers between Crisfield, Md. and Tangier year round.