Kalamos is another wonderful small island. In 1930 it was one municipality (
koinotita) of the old
Demos Karnion of the Ithaca County (
eparhia I0akis). In the 1928 census it had 928 inhabitants with an additional 91 in
Kefali. Most of them were decendants of people who fled from
Akarnania across from
Mytikas and also the
Zaverda Gulf during the last few years of the Greek revolution (around 1827 and 1828). In fact, from
Mytikas to
Episkopi on the northern side of the island it is only 1.5 miles.
It is difficult to find any bigger ships stopping in
Kalamos in the 1920s and 1930s (and never in Kastos). Typically (as you see below from
Petros' schedule on July 29, 1929, the stop would be in
Mytikas, the idea being that interested passengers would take a small boat to Kalamos from Mytikas. in the 1962 Tourist Guide for Greece, Kalamos does not even appear!
Of course now things are different and this is a wonderful island!
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