PROPERTY OF U.P E. A History of Canoe Cove compiled by Florence E. MacCannell Canoe Cove Church LIBRARY OF U-P.H.I. A History of Canoe Cove compiled by Florence E. MacCannell Pdx re ty 1392. Cover Illustration by Marty MacFadyen Printed in December 1992 LIBRARY USE 0NU Table of Contents Naming of Canoe Cove 5 The Land 6 Communication an Transportation 11 Church History 14 The Cemetry 19 Canoe Cove School 20 Canoe Cove School Teachers 24 Canoe Cove Hall 27 Canoe Cove Rink 28 The Post Office 29 The General Store 30 Factories, Mills and Other Businesses 32 Lloyd Inman Memorial Park 36 The Phantom Ship 37 Superstitions 39 Camps - 40 Organizations The Orange Lodge 41 Division 42 The Women's Missionary Society (Presbyterian) 43 Canoe Cove Women's Institute 44 Red Cross 46 Our Soldiers 47 The People 50 Sources 101 A History of Canoe Cove FORWARD This history was written as a project for the Canoe Cove Women's Institute, and its aim was to gather information on the early settlers of Canoe Cove; who they were, their roots, and how they laid the foundation of our community. Because much of it is hearsay there will be inaccuracies and omissions. Information has been obtained from various minute books, a school register, a church history written by Rev. Gerald Sarcen and Velma MacPhee, scrapbooks, clippings, the MacNevin, the MacFadyen, the MacPhee and the Inman family histories and various other writings. The school history was researched by Betty MacPhee. Effort has been made to name as many family members as possible of the Cove families but no doubt many are left out. The land has been identified by the 1880 Atlas (Meacham) and in most cases the people who lived on the land after that. The 1928 (Cummins) Atlas has also been used which gives further information on the families of the Cove at that time. Again there will be omissions and/or inaccuracies. The early settlers were almost all Scots and if one goes back a few generations one would find that Gaelic (pronounced Gal-lic by our people) was spoken more often than not. At that time the church service was in English and Gaelic. This practise of having a service in both Gaelic and English continued in some areas until 1910 and I would suppose that the same would be true of the Cove. Thanks for help with this project go to the following friends: Ernest Inman for a school register dated 1896, a school picture of around 1910, a farm record book of his father's as well as many anecdotes of the early years. Hector MacNevin for a scrapbook that was a mine of information, also for his many interesting comments about the organizations and the people. Betty MacPhee for her research on the school. Barbara Tuck McAndrew for information on the Harris Lobster Cannery. Florence Livingstone for the MacKenzie family details. Louis Darrach for his reminiscences of the people especially those involved in the lobster fishery, and to any others not named who helped in any way. I am particulary indebted to my son, Billy who provided me with his computer as well as giving me encouragement, to my daughter, Rosemary, for her painstaking instruction in the use of said computer, and also for help in editing and generally keeping me on track, and finally to Sharen Mac Pherson, for her help in desktop publishing. It is hoped that this history will give you some idea of our first settlers, and how the community evolved. If your roots are here you can be proud of your community and your heritage. A History of Canoe Cove Canoe Cove Tis said in legend tale That long ago An Indian tribe came here In flight from ancient foe And landed in this very cove With their canoes And thus the name Is Canoe Cove. It may be true And likely is And that thy friendly shore Good shelter gave to those who came of old. But this I know beyond dispute That I have come to thee A History of Canoe Cove Full many a time In flight from care, And I have found in thee A sheltering cove of rest From storms of life. Thy rocks and garden green above Give resting pleasure to the eye Thine acres broad Of clean unsoiling sand With gullies interspersed and warm Give sportive play a chance. Thy waves and tide With ebb and flow Lend music, change and rest Unto the mind and heart And from thy soothing, buoyant, Bracing summer waters come Whene'er I swim and sun in thee A sparkling sense of health And so to me thou art indeed A gladdening, strengthening, sheltering Cove of life. Written by Rev, Murdoch MacKinnon of Canoe Cove Published in The Patriot August 16,1933. Used with permission of Mr. MacKinnon's niece Mary, Mrs Allan MacDonald. A History of Canoe Cove The Naming of Canoe Cove The story has been passed down that during the hostilities between Britain and France the Indians were on the side of the British. The French occupied Fort LaJoye, now Fort Amherst, at Rocky Point. Because of the French defense the British were not able to enter Charlottetown Harbor, so they anchored off what is now Canoe Cove. The Indians took the British soldiers ashore in their canoes and it is said that the soldiers gave the name Canoe Cove to our district. In Geographical Names of Prince Edward Island published by the Department of Mines and Resources Canada 1973 Alan Rayburn writes "Probably derived from French Anse Canot and probably given because the Indians portaged from there to West River." Named by Holland in 1765 Allen Cove for either John Carter Allen who was present at the capture of Louisburg in 1756, or for Lieut. James Allen who was wounded there. Douglas 1925 has this as the correct name, but only Canoe Cove is used and this is shown in Wright 1852 and Meacham 1880. In Micmac Kweduna Walna, "Canoe Cove". In Canoe Cove and in surrounding districts. Canoe Cove was often pronounced "Canna Cove". Where the local pronunciation "Canna" came from is not clear, it may have been the Gaelic influence. Canna Cove or Canoe Cove, there is no place like it. If you were born here you will hear the surf pound and smell the salt water in your dreams for the rest of your life. Even your descendents will feel the pull of the Cove and its proud Scots heritage calling them back to its beauty and tranquillity. A History of Canoe Cove The Land In 1766 Prince Edward Island was surveyed and divided into 67 lots of twenty thousand acres each by Samuel Holland. Canoe Cove, situated on the Northumberland Strait, is mostly in Lot 65. When I was a girl, many years ago, Lot 65 was always included in our mailing address. Lot 65 fell by ballot to a Mr. Wright and a Mr Owen. A small part is in Lot 30 which went to a Mr. Murray. The Land Purchase Act did not come into force until 1873 so it can be assumed that the settlers who came before then rented their land from these men, more likely their agents, as they were absentee landlords. The settlers would set about clearing the land and building temporary log homes using the trees that they cut down. Trails were blazed from one place to another by cutting notches in the trees at eye level. In later years when better roads were built they followed these winding trails and that is why you see some of those beautiful, meandering roads yet on the Island. They were never intended for speeding automobiles but for a leisurely ride in a horse and buggy. These were the only roads for a hundred years or more. Crops were sown initially using very simple implements. One implement used in the Highlands, before the settlers came to Canada was a primitive shovel type tool and perhaps that is what they used when they came here. Livestock, which would have been very scarce, was obtained and the settlers were able to make a living. Even though the living would be scanty at first it would be better than what they had back home. A History of Canoe Cove A History of Canoe Cove Before we look any further at the early days of our Cove let us think about why the first settlers left their beloved native Scotland. Up until the early eighteenth century the Clan system prevailed in the Highlands and the people looked to their clan chief for protection and the means of earning their living. In return they served him loyally and faithfully and when their Chief betrayed them it was as if a father had turned against his child. The Laird owned large tracts of land obtained, maybe by prowess in battle or maybe a gift of his king and this land was handed down from one generation to another. He rented this land out to tenants some of which were called crofters, the same families being in the same places for generations. The highland soil was extremely poor and it was difficult for the crofters to pay rent and wrest a living from the stony ground. After the Battle of Culloden the English tried to wipe out the clan system and forbade the wearing of the tartan. Some clan chiefs and Lowland Scots sided with the English and later joined with them in their cruel and inhumane treatment of the crofters. The landowners found that they could make more money raising sheep than renting to crofters so they evicted their tenants in the cruelest way imaginable. The factors (agents) would come to the croft usually through the day when the men were at work, put out the hearth fire which burned day and night using the precious milk that was needed for the family. Then they would set fire to the croft which with its thatched roof would burn easily. The crofters would have to leave carrying everything. That could be a sick child or old person, along with their scanty belongings. Perhaps even the roof tree and the lintel would have to be carried as they were not allowed to cut trees down when and where they wished. Their crofts were almost entirely of stone but the boards where the two sides of the roof met, the roof tree, had to be of wood. A History of Canoe Cove The top of the door casing, the lintel, also had to be made of wood. They must have thought they were in heaven when they came to the lush forests of Prince Edward Island, with no one to keep them from cutting the trees down. In Scotland they might be evicted more than once, but they usually tried to go somewhere else after the first eviction. To raise money to go to America or Australia they had to sell their few possessions. If they did not leave of their own accord the land owners would bind them, take them from their families, and carry them forcibly to a departing ship. Many of the ships had unkind and unscrupulous captains out to make money. They overloaded their ships and had poor and insufficient food and water aboard. Due to the filth and overcrowding disease broke out and many passengers, malnourished to start with, died on the way or soon after landing. The voyage would last at least six weeks so that even with a kind and considerate captain and a comfortable vessel it was still a gruelling experience. After they landed on our Island they still had to pay rent for their land but there was plenty of it, and once cleared, yielded excellent crops. They started with the scantiest of equipment, axes to clear the land and the shovel implement previously mentioned to work it up, but they persevered and our excellent farms are their legacy. The clearing out of the crofters by the landowners to make way for sheep was called "The Clearances" and a more vivid example of "man's inhumanity to man" can not be found anywhere in the history of mankind. The Scots, hard working and thrifty because they had to be to survive, were a God-fearing lot and thrived in the New World even though their hearts were breaking with loneliness and bitter memories of how they were A History of Canoe Cove treated in their homeland. It says a lot for their character that even though the English king treated them so brutally the Scots in Canada remained loyal to the Crown and fought on the side of the English when the American Colonies rose in rebellion. Scots descendents have been in the front lines in wars ever since. None are more feared by the enemy than the kilted "ladies from Hell", led by the pipers whose wild music terrify the enemy but inspire the Scot to give his all. Stories abound about "the Scot" that was chased out of Scotland because he stole a sheep and there is a bit of stigma to it. If the rest of the story were told a sheep or a hare or a salmon was "stolen" to feed a starving family that was the victim of such atrocities as the Clearances. In Scotland the crofters were not allowed to hunt in the woods, fish in the streams or in some cases they could not even take the poorest fish from the shores. Their fuel was peat and a cruel factor would keep them from getting that if he could. No wonder Canada sounded like the Promised Land and when they came to Canoe Cove they found it - more or less. Note: Above information about the crofters was taken from On the Crofter's Trail by David Craig. A History of Canoe Cove Communication and Transportation When Indians came from the mainland they would have to carry their canoes to the West River, then paddle to their next stop. When the new settlers came they made use of these trails. As stated before the British made landings here and constructed some sort of a road to Fort LaJoye. There used to be the remains of a "corduroy" road on the Mike MacDonald farm that was an example of the type of road used to pass over swampy places. A "corduroy" road was made by laying logs crosswise on the road bed. Although this would cause jarring and jolting to a rider with a horse and cart such a road was relatively easy to make, efficient and durable. The earliest settlers had to go the "long way round" to get to Charlottetown. Think of going to Charlottetown from Canoe Cove without crossing bridges. One would have to go to the head of the West River where it could be crossed near Bonshaw, and then byway of Milton to Charlottetown. The preferred way to take produce to market and get supplies was by water. After shipping began in earnest and wharves were built, ferries crossed the waterways at several places but the largest and most easily accessible was Rocky Point. The first Rocky Point ferry was operated by a Captain Hubbard in 1840. This service which continued until about 1960 ferried vehicles and passengers to and from Charlottetown. It was not needed after the West River Causeway was built, but a small motor boat did operate for a while carrying passengers. A History of Canoe Cove For about a hundred years our people used horses or walked, usually many miles to ferry or church or wherever they wanted to go, especially on a Sunday in busy farm seasons as the horses had to rest. Then in the early 1900's the car was beginning to be used on the Island. The first car in the Cove, a 1914 Ford, was owned by Duncan MacCannell. There were restrictions on the days cars could be used on the main roads. Cars were banned on Market Days (that is Tuesday and Friday), and most certainly on Sunday because it was feared that the horses would get scared and bolt. After a hundred years of narrow, winding, dusty but beautiful roads with bushes on both sides giving privacy and shelter the roads were widened and ditched. This doubtful mark of progress sliced huge pieces off front yards and some house lots almost disappeared. In 1960 our road was paved and there is no doubt that it improved our life in the Cove. During this same period a causeway was built across West River between New Dominion and Meadow Bank. That significantly shortened the distance to Charlottetown for the people in the South Shore area and to a lesser extent our Cove. Electricity came to the Cove in 1950. At first, residents had basic wiring with few appliances, but farmers quickly began taking advantage of this tireless servant. Next came heavy wiring with every necessity and convenience following it to make the hard toil of farmers and others easier. Our telephone line, now so ubiquitous, had its beginning as a local line taking in the South Shore area and was kept up by its patrons. There was one phone (toll line) in each area and in Canoe Cove it was at Duncan MacCannell's. No slot to deposit the money in those days. If the owner of the toll phone did not A History of Canoe Cove collect the amount charged at the time, he was sometimes out that much. Gradually more phones were added and Rose MacEwen, wife of Dan, had "central" in her house. This line was not well maintained, and probably during the Second World War manpower and supplies would be hard to get to keep it up, at that time it fell into disuse. In the 1940's the Island Telephone Company took the line over and phone service was restored. Central was then at New Haven, Mrs. Kenneth Docherty being the operator followed by Mrs. Stanley Newman. In the late 1960's the dial system came into use. The party line system is being replaced now by private phones, which is much more convenient. A History of Canoe Cove Church History The early settlers were mostly Scottish Presbyterians. It is said that the more they suffered from the iniquitous "Clearances" the more devout they became, and that being so, they gathered regularly for worship from the time of their arrival. Many of the ministers in Scotland sided with the land owners and encouraged the Clearances so that one could understand if the people turned their backs on the church. Again this emphasises their sterling character in that the Lord was not blamed for the wrongs inflicted on them by their clergy. Reverend Donald McDonald was sent from the Free Church of Scotland, as a missionary to Canada. Probably he was sent not so much that they wanted to give this country a missionary as a desire to get rid of him for he was an embarrassment to the Church of Scotland for his apparent intemperance. He went first to Cape Breton but apparently his behavior there was much the same as in Scotland. Two years later, when he was forty-two, he came to the Island and started an itinerant ministry among the scattered members of the Scottish Kirk. He was a deeply troubled man as no doubt his addiction was in severe conflict with his religious convictions. His anxiety was so great that he gave up preaching for a time in early 1828. He spent much time in prayer and reading his Bible and while he was at the home of one of his parishioners on the Malpeque Road he was Rev. Donald MacDonald A History of Canoe Cove released from his spiritual despondency. After that he was a new creature in Christ preaching powerfully from Murray River to Wilmot and from Canoe Cove to Rustico. When he died he had five thousand adherents, or better than 10% of the population, who were called "McDonaldites", a term still in use today. He died in the home of William McLeod of Southport in 1867 after having served the people of the Cove as well as his other followers for over forty years. There was a log church handy the site of the present church that was used for about twenty years for worship. Our splendid old building had its beginning in St. Catherines near the Pioneer Cemetery. After a change in plans, the lumber was rafted around to its present site in Canoe Cove. The church was completed in 1872, by Alexander MacFarlane. An early church secretary's minute book exists dating back to 1894. Charles MacNeill of St. Catherines was the first secretary and his beautiful copper-plate script is a pleasure to read. The charge at that time consisted of Glasgow Road, Lot 48, St. Catherines, Nine Mile Creek, Stanchel, and North River, Hunter River and West River. Mr. MacNeill was secretary from 1895 until his death in 1916. Reverend James MacCall was our first minister after Mr. McDonald remaining for three years before returning to Scotland. For the next few years ministering elders ordained by Mr. MacDonald conducted sacraments of baptism and communion. Justices of the Peace performed marriage ceremonies. In 1875 Rev. John Goodwill, a returned missionary took over the church and remained until 1903 when he had to give up because of ill health. Following Mr. Goodwill were: Rev. James MacDougall, Rev. Daniel MacLean, Rev. Donald Lamont 1920-1928, Rev. Archibald Murchison, Rev. D. V. O'Meara 1928-1929, Rev. Chester Robertson and Rev. Dr. J. W. S. Lowery 1935-1936. A History of Canoe Cove Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not held in Canoe Cove until the ministry of Rev. Donald Lamont, apparently because there was no communion table, so that all could sit around it to take communion. The first communion table was built by Bateman MacFadyen, son of John K., and the communion linen was made by Mrs. John K. MacFadyen. Criteria for taking communion, or sacrament as it was most commonly called, were very strict. By the way, a peculiarity of the area was that sacrament was pronounced 'say-kerment'. To take sacrament one must be "under conviction" that is aware of and deeply remorseful for one's sin. Then one was "set free" which meant one realized that because of the Crucifixion and Resurrection one's sins were forgiven and one was "saved". Then one could take sacrament. Many Scottish settlers especially in Pictou County, Nova Scotia became members of the Presbyterian Church but never felt that they were worthy of receiving communion. Even after Communion tables were provided so that members could sit around a common table and drink out of a common cup people still travelled to Churchill, Stanchel or DeSable to sacrament. It was common for the people to go as far as Brae or Birch Hill for the annual sacrament service which began on Thursday night with a preparatory service and ended Monday morning with a Thanksgiving service. These services were held once a year in each church as the minister would not be able to arrange them oftener for all churches. Perhaps it was the custom. Many romances which started at these services resulted in marriage. Of course, a new gown and a new hat were a "must" for the ladies, especially the unmarried ones for the sacrament season. In 1938 application was made by Canoe Cove, Churchill and Nine Mile Creek to be received into the A History of Canoe Cove Presbyterian Church of Canada. (Prior to this they were Free Church of Scotland). This was granted by the General Assembly and these congregations joined with Clyde River to form Central Parish. Rev. Thomas Goodwill was its first inducted minister serving from 1939-1948. Canoe Cove maintained some of its Free Church of Scotland traditions for many years, one being not having musical instruments in the church and the psalms and paraphrases were led by a singing elder called a Precentor. About 1947 the church purchased an organ and music was heard at worship in the church for the first time. After Mr. Goodwill retired because of ill health students and supply took care of the needs of the congregation until Rev. Donald Nicholson accepted a call to our church in 1950 and stayed until 1956. While he was with us the church was wired for electricity in 1950. The ministers from then up to the present are as follows: Rev. George Killen 1956-1960 Rev. Raymond Gillis 1962-1968 Rev. Gerald Sarcen 1970-1974 Rev. Gordon Reid 1976-1982 Rev. Waldon Moase 1982-1986 Rev. Robert Lyle came to be with us in 1986. He has received a call to go to Sydney, N.S. and left us in August 1992 to take up his ministry there. Pulpit supply included Rev. Mr. Burns. Rev. Mr. Stackhouse and Rev. T. W. Howard for this later period. Earlier visiting ministers were Rev. Ewen MacDougall and later his son the Rev. Ewen. Also Rev. Theodore Ross, Rev. William Campbell, Rev. E. C. Robertson, Rev. Dr. Alex Murray, Rev. Marillus Kik, Rev. J. A. Murchison, Rev. Carlyle Webster, Rev. J. H. Bishop, Rev. Richard Westaway, Rev. Neii Herman and Rev. Horace A History of Canoe Cove MacEwen. We are greatly indebted to Rev. Donald Campbell, retired minister of Zion Presbyterian Church, Rev. Gordon Matheson, present minister of Zion, and Rev. Donald Nicholson for their help in the later years when we would be temporarily without the services of an ordained minister. A past minster, Rev. Raymond Gillis now serves as Minister-Emeritus. We have also had many students some of whom became noted ministers. They were: Murdoch MacKinnon son of "Big Donald", Colin MacNevin of DeSable, James Lamont son of Rev. Donald Lamont, Lome MacKay (who later became a moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada), John Carson and Lloyd Henderson. Wayne Burke was with us on a part time basis for two years, also Richard Mazolf for a much lesser time. Tribute must also be paid to the faithful elders, too numerous to mention, but who made a great contribution over the years to church and community. We can be proud of and grateful for our church heritage .'■'■■'. ■■'■'■'A {;':.'vi..:;.;-:';.';■ ■■■:■•-•■":.'■ - WSiMik, A History of Canoe Cove The Cemetery The cemetery was started down by the shore before the present church was built. The first person buried in our cemetery was David Potts, an English sailor whose body washed ashore. There is a gravestone at his grave but it states only that he was the son of John Potts from England. No details are available as to his ship or how his body came to wash ashore. The cemetery was used for the Nine Mile Creek area as well as the Cove. Some from the St. Catherines area used it even though there is a Pioneer Cemetery at St Catherines. Some of our people are buried in the Argyle Shore Cemetery. The early settlers would use the cemetery of their choice and the descendents, usually, would continue to use that cemetery. At first all cemeteries had rounded graves which were not precisely aligned whether they had stones or not. This would make the cemetery difficult to care for when people began to be concerned with the appearance of a cemetery. In the late 1920's the graves were levelled and the stones aligned so that a lawn mower could be used. Our cemetery is one of the more attractive ones, as the grass is kept mowed and extra flowers are planted to enhance its appearance. A History of Canoe Cove Canoe Cove School In 1820 the "South Shore School" was established in Canoe Cove. The early construction of a schoolhouse in the community is an indication that education was a primary concern to the early settlers. The superintendent's report of 1840 described the school as "one of the largest and most commodious on the Island." This comment shows that government officials were fond of big words and redundancy in those days, too. Children generally entered school between seven and eight years of age, and seldom remained past thirteen or fourteen. In fact, it is not long since "school leaving" exams at grade eight were abolished. Attendance was irregular from May to October when children helped on the farm. School started with prayer and reading of the Scriptures and ended in the same manner. Subjects taught included Gaelic, map-reading, orthography, A History of Canoe Cove grammar and arithmetic. The superintendant, also known as the "Visitor" made periodic visits to examine the children's knowledge as well as the condition of the schoolhouse. Teachers were boarded with the residents of the community. Women teachers were considered inferior to men teachers in the role of disciplinarian and consequently received lower salaries. The Free Education Act was instituted in 1853 bringing a means of education within reach of every family. Before this time small grants of money were provided to aid in the erection of public schools and in payment of teachers. Pupil's fees made up the greater part of the money earned by a teacher. Under such a weak system the teachers practically ran their own schools and the education gained depended on the teacher's knowledge or lack of it. Poorer parents could not afford to pay and illiteracy was prevalent. The Central Academy was not established until 1836 consequently there were no standard criteria for teachers in 1820 when Canoe Cove School was established. Teacher Training did not take place until 1856. The Central Academy was renamed Prince of Wales College in 1860 in honor of the then Prince of Wales. Because his father was German his motto was "Ich Dien" (I serve ) and that remained the motto of Prince of Wales College until it amalgamated with Saint Dunstan's University in 1965 to form the University of Prince Edward Island. A Canoe Cove teacher's register dated July 2,1884 still exists. The teacher at the time was Jack MacNevin and the "Visitor" was John Balderston. Mr. Balderston's note stated that "38 (out of 64) pupils were present, a map of Canada should have been provided, it was a well constructed school and A History of Canoe Cove progress was satisfactory". It is ironic that map- reading was taught but there was not even a map of Canada. It must be remembered that the map of Canada would be very different then from what it is today. It was a formidable task for Mr. MacNevin to teach fifteen subjects to 64 pupils especially when those subjects included Latin, French, music and physical culture. The following is a list of the pupils that attended school in 1884, their ages and grades. Perhaps you can pick out an ancestor or relative on the list. Name Age Grade 1. Neil Charles MacRae 16 6 2. Malcolm McKenzie 16 6 3. George W. McPhee 16 6 (George seems to have a slow start but he became a lawyer, a judge and a member of parliament) 4. John McKenzie 13 6 5. Annie Inman 14 5 6. Flora McKenzie 11 5 7. JenervaMcRae 13 5 8. Elvira Kathrens 13 4 9. Ernest McLeod 11 4 10 FinlayMcRae 12 4 11. Alex Stewart 11 4 12. Clara May Inman 8 1 13. Leona Rogerson 6 1 14. Louisa Ann McKinnon 8 2 15. Maggie McKinnon 8 1 16. Reuben McKinnon 7 1 17. Herbert Kathrens 6 1 18. Lizzie McKinnon 6 1 A History of Canoe Cove 19. Mark Inman 12 4 20. Ethel McKenzie 11 3 21. Archie McKinnon 9 3 22. Wallace McKenzie 10 3 23. Laughlin E. McKinnon 10 3 24. Duncan Darrach 9 3 25. Neil McDougall 10 2 26. Neil McKenzie 8 2 27. Kate McKenzie 7 2 28. Isabella Darrach 6 1 29. Jessie McKenzie 6 1 30. Angus McFadyen 11 4 31. James McFadyen 7 3 32. Bella Currie 8 2 33. Kate McFadyen 1 2 34. Neil McLean 10 1 35. Ira McLean 8 1 36. Janet McLean 12 3 37. Neil Currie 12 3 38. Daniel McLean 10 3 39. Spurgeon McFadyen 6 1 40. Laughlin McKinnon 14 4 41. Peter McFadyen 9 2 42. Daniel Darrach 13 3 43. Alice Ann Campbell 12 1 44. Finlay McFadyen 12 4 45. Duncan McKinnon 9 3 46. Teenie McLean 6 1 47. Jas. Campbell 16 3 48. Euphemia McLean 11 3 49. David McRae 11 3 50. Jas. McRae 11 3 51. Minnie McKinnon 14 4 52. Wm. McKinnon 10 3 53. John A. McKinnon 11 2 54. Joseph McKinnon 12 4 55. Flora McLeod 7 1 56. Norman McLeod 5 1 57. Wm. McRae 5 1 A History of Canoe Cove 58. Maggie McFadyen 13 3 59. John Angus Darrach 12 3 60. John McDougall 12 2 61. Duncan McEachern 15 6 62. Catherine McKinnon 12 4 63. Angus McKinnon 14 4 64. Benjamin Martin 16 4 Canoe Cove School Teachers 1840-1841 Ewen Lamont (South Shore School) 1842-1843 School vacant 1845-1847 Roderick McKinnon 1850 Malcolm McKenzie 1856-1857 Neil McKenzie 1858-1859 Joseph Ince 1861-1862 James McNeil 1864-1865 James McNeil 1867 Charles Darrach 1869 Ronald McPherson 1873-1874 Mary MacCannell 1875 School vacant 1879 Donald McDougall 1880-1882 Donald McKinnon 1883-1884 Annie Inman 1885 Norman McNeil 1893-1898 Flora E. McLean 1888 Flora McKenzie 1889 Flora E. McLean 1890-1901 Malcolm McKenzie 1902-1904 George W. McPhee 1905-1908 Stewart Inman 1909 Grace Inman A History of Canoe Cove 1910 M. McKinnon 1911 Colin McFadyen 1912 Elsie Skerry 1913-1914 Flora Cameron 1915 Arch. M. Campbell 1916 Harold Keeping 1917-1921 Neil McCannell 1922 Neil McCannell, Mabel Bears 1923 Mabel Bears, Marion McSwain, James Buell 1924 James Buell, Helen McKinnon 1925 Helen McKinnon 1926 Helen McKinnon, Marion McSwain 1927 Marion McSwain, Mary Irving 1928 Mary Irving, Mary S. MacKay 1929-1930 Mary S. MacKay 1931 Mary S. MacKay, Helen MacRae 1932-1933 Helen MacRae 1934 Helen MacRae, Christena MacNevin 1935 Christena MacNevin 1936 Christena MacNevin, Heath MacQuarrie 1937 Heath MacQuarrie, Christena MacNevin, Stella Inman 1938-1939 Stella R. Inman 1940 Stella R. Inman, Annie Gordon 1941 Annie Gordon, Rita MacKay 1942 Rita M. MacKay, Stella Inman MacRae, Mary MacDougall 1943 Mary MacDougall, Dorothy MacTavish 1944 Dorothy MacTavish, Jean MacCallum 1945 Jean MacCallum, Ina Hickox 1946 Jean MacCallum 1947 Marie Crosby 1948 Bennett Carr, Eleanor Carson 1949 Eleanor Carson 1950 Eleanor Carson, Ina Hickox 1951-1952 Ina Hickox 1953 Ina Hickox, Arlene MacEachern A History of Canoe Cove 1954 Arlene MacEachem 1955 Arlene MacEachem, Georgina Kelly Ross 1956 Wayne MacEachem 1957 Avila Hughes 1958 Elizabeth Enman, Joyce MacKenzie 1959 Ethelyn MacKenzie 1960-1961 Louise MacLaine 1961 Kathleen MacPhee 1962-1964 Hazel Hardy 1965-1969 Clarinda MacKenzie 1970-1971 Margaret Duffy 1972 Pearl MacEachem Canoe Cove School at about the beginning of the Century Canoe Cove School in 1951 Back Row: Delbert Muirhead, Dean Mac Fadyen, Charles MacKinnon, Sadie MacFadyen, Russel Muirhead, Alberts MacLean, Middle Row: Marion MacNevin, Jean Muirhead, Curtis MacFadyen, Everett MacFadyen, Sterling MnrNpiun Rnrl/lv MnrFn/iv Rnthnrn finrrarh Frnnt Rnut' Llnvsi MnrNptiin A History of Canoe Cove Canoe Cove Hall Around the turn of the century a part of a house was moved adjacent to the school and remodeled to make a hall. Later on an upper storey was added to provide a meeting place for the Orange Lodge. The hall comittee's minute book is available dating back to 1927 which shows that in earlier years the hall was well used for socials, political meetings, fiddlers contest and other entertainment. The minutes of 1935 indicate that it was being used for "moving pictures". Bruce Yeo from Montague showed movies until the 1950's with good attendance. Then came television which affected attendance at all local entertainments. The hall deteriorated badly during the 1960's and 70's and in the late 1970's it was sold to Perley Shaw who tore it down and hauled it away. A History of Canoe Cove Canoe Cove Rink Open air rinks as well as covered rinks were a source of recreation (fitness was not thought of then) in many of the Island communities in the first half of this century and Canoe Cove had an open air rink near the Corner on land then owned by Albert MacDougall. It was enclosed by a fence and lights were provided by a generator. The young men of the time hauled the water from Laughie's dam with horse and sleigh. Two different sites were tried before one was chosen and that one flourished for many years until more comfortable rinks located in larger centers took its patrons and forced its closure. A lot of the young men had enlisted in the Armed Forces and after the war was over moved to larger centers to find work. The Canoe Cove team was called "The Lucky Strikes" but the Nine Mile Creek "Bulldogs" was the team that usually won and got the applause. Bill MacKinnon, Hector MacNevin and other young men of the district spent many long cold hours preparing the ice but it provided many nights of fun for the young and maybe the not so young. At this time the sophisticated equipment of today was not available and could not be afforded. We were told recently that a goalie from Argyle Shore used Eaton's and Simpson's catalogues for shin pads and his goalie stick was a spruce bough. That did not detract in any way from the fun and good fellowship enjoyed by the players. A History of Canoe Cove The Post Office Canoe Cove would not have been settled when the first mail service was inaugurated by General Patterson. In 1786 the first post office for the Island was built at Charlottetown. Stamps as we know them were not used and mail was delivered for a fee, whoever received the letter paid for it. (Can you imagine how that would annoy us today with the mass of junk mail!) There were no roads thus delivery was by boat. In 1827 county post offices opened and in 1828 three courier routes were established; weekly delivery in summer and fortnightly in winter. It was about one hundred years later that courier service came to Canoe.Cove so Ernest Inman informed me. He has the original mail box that was used at that time. Perhaps some of you can remember the type; the box was on an arm that could swing freely. In 1851 the Island government took over control of the post offices and services and by 1900 post offices began to be established in different communities, by 1893 in Canoe Cove. One early post office was located in the home of Neil MacFadyen, who was also a blacksmith. Later the post office was moved to the Corner where it was operated by the storekeeper. Mrs. John Angus Darrach (Clara) capably performed this service for many years before it was closed, around 1960, when Clyde River Post Office, operated by Robert Matheson and later Ralph Darrach served the area. That post office, too, was closed later and Cornwall Post Office is now our local branch. A History of Canoe Cove The General Stores There were several general stores in our Cove at different times. The one that lasted longest was at the Corner across from the school and it had many owners. Who established it is unclear but John MacKenzie, the piper, who was also a shoe maker lived there. He was a relative of the present day MacKenzies of Canoe Cove. William MacKay who married Christena MacLean was operating it when it burned down and a store which had belonged to Neil "Cooper" MacLean was moved across to the site. This was later bought by Neil MacCannell of Long Creek, a schoolteacher who taught in the Cove for a few years. Hector MacNevin from St. Catherines operated it for a year while it still belonged to Neil MacCannell because Neil had accepted a job in Charlottetown as clerk of the Court. Later Mrs. John Angus Darrach bought it and she and her son George ran it for years until both had health problems, and had to close the store after which closing it never reopened. After George died and his wife Hazel moved to Montague to live with her family the building was sold to Robert Patterson. Rob lived in it for a few years, making many improvements then sold it to Kirk McAleer. A History of Canoe Cove MacEacherns who lived near the Comer also had a store for a short time. Farquhar MacRae had a store at his residence across the road from his father, Finlay. It, too, was just operating for a short time when Farquhar left the district to get more involved with the marketing of lobsters. Archibald MacKinnon and his wife Rita had a store and produce business on Big Donald's corner across from the church road, after the Second War from about 1946 to about 1955. He also built a plant for waxing turnips. When Archie and his family moved to U.S.A. the house was bought by John Gass who moved it to New Haven. This site has been unoccupied since then. -A^y A History of Canoe Cove Factories, Mills and Other Businesses Fishing and farming were the main means of earning a living but related businesses also had sprung up. Lobsters were plentiful, so plentiful that a man could go out in a small boat a short distance and take them in by the cartload, but the fishermen only got from a cent to three cents apiece for them. Several factories were built in the Cove. They were Dean's, Farquharson's, Henneberry's and The Portland Packing Company. Farquhar MacRae also had a small cannery at his father's shore but after a short time this ran into financial difficulties and he later went into business with Charles Earle in Charlottetown in a larger operation that lasted many years. The Portland Packing Company was located where the Lloyd Inman Memorial Park is now, and had the biggest impact on our Cove. It was a large operation for its time employing many local workers as well as ensuring that fishermen had a sure sale for their fish. It also processed meat. Here tribute must be paid to "Big Donald" MacKinnon who was a fair and honorable business man that very capably ran the factory for many years. One very important aspect of canning lobster is the sealing of the cans and Hugh Grant, brother-in-law of Mr. MacKinnon, did this for many years, followed by James (Jay) MacNevin. Many people worked at the factory, but two other names mentioned to me were Colin MacPhail from Long Creek and Artie Rogerson of the Cove. A History of Canoe Cove There were many fishermen in those days and one can picture the Cove full of sail boats and dories with the men busily running around getting ready to go to the fishing grounds. As sails gave way to engines Duncan MacCannell was the first to have a gasoline engine in his boat and I can imagine the folk of the time saying that he would blow boat and himself up with the contraption. We can see that fishing was a subsistence occupation because of the low prices but lobsters could be had in abundance. Prices increased very slowly and stocks decreased, which led to drastic measures having to be taken in the industry. Trap limits had to be imposed as well as a limit on the number of licenses issued but these implementations have paid off. The factory, the cookhouse, the accomodations for fishermen are long gone; only three boats in recent years were anchored in the Cove, one belonging to young Duncan MacCannell, one to Norman MacLeod, son of George, also a fisherman, and one to Lome MacLeod, son of Norman. This year (1992) only one boat fishes out of the Cove, and that is Duncan's. A nostalgic era is gone and becoming a dimmer memory as time goes by. I have just learned that the well known Harris family owned a lobster cannery at Canoe Cove at one time. This is confirmed by the 1880 Atlas which shows that they owned the factory on the site later occupied by the Portland Packing Company. The owner, Critchlow Harris was the father of Robert, the noted artist, and William, the equally famous architect. William designed the labels for his father's lobster cans and a facsimile of these were put on display recently at a district Women's Institute convention at North River by Critchlow Harris' great grand daughter, Barbara Tuck McAndrew. An inside look at the Canoe Cove A History of Canoe Cove lobster cannery is the subject of a Robert Harris painting. A saw mill was operated by Duncan MacCannell at MacEachern's Creek, just below his house for 20 years. Across the road from Duncan Neil MacFadyen had his blacksmith shop and next to Neil, Neil's brother John K. along with his sons had a carriage shop. The 1880 Atlas shows a carriage shop on that site but the MacFadyens would not have been in the Cove then. The carriage shop apparently was a very successful business with the high quality of work done by the MacFadyens, but times changed. Neil MacFadyen moved to the States, John K's son Malcolm took over the blacksmith shop moving his business to Johnny "Dugald" MacKinnon's when he married Johnny's daughter Mary Belle. As business fell off in the carriage shop the MacFadyen boys went away, most of them to the States. The carriage shop deteriorated and had to be torn down. Today there is no trace of the flourishing businesses of long ago except the cement block of the forge in the MacCannell front yard. Richard Rogerson also had a blacksmith shop in the 1800's across the road from where the Neil MacFadyen one later located. Neil "the Tailor" MacNevin lived where his grandson Milton now lives and no doubt took care of the tailoring needs of our Cove. Another tailor was John Darrach, son of "Black Jack" who learned his trade from John MacEachern of New Argyle. As stated earlier John MacKenzie was a shoemaker Boat building also flourished in our Cove. John Thomas Inman, son of David, built a boat "The Derry" at his father's shore. He used this boat for many years A History of Canoe Cove to transport passengers and goods between Charlottetown and Bonshaw. Duncan MacCannell was also a boat builder and worked with Spurgeon Hickox of Bonshaw. They built the fishing boat used for many years by Duncan's son John. Francis MacDougall who bought the Farquhar MacRae place built potato graders in his shop. He also made lawn furniture. So you see our Cove had her successful business men and not one penny of government money was used. When times changed and a particular operation ceased the owner gathered his resources and talents together and made a success somewhere else. Let us not forget the women in all of this. Long ago the women were expert in spinning, weaving, knitting, candle making, soap making, and in whatever else was needed for everyday life. To name one, Mrs. Dougald MacDougall was an excellent weaver of blankets, some of which are still in use today perhaps eighty years later. A beautiful white candlewick bed spread dated 1906 with the initials L.M.C. and made in the MacDougall home is still in good condition. Who was L. M. C? Custom weaving was done at Long Creek Corner by two MacCannell sisters, Jessie and Lucy. Incidentally, there is a loom in the Vincent Doiron attic that must have been for the personal use of the MacLean's or the MacNeill's. Another more mundane task that was sometimes done by the women was the knitting of heads (netting) for the lobster traps. Mrs. John M. Stewart used to knit the heads for fishermen with the strong cotton twine that they supplied. Today nylon twine is used and fishermen knit their own or get them by some other means. A History of Canoe Cove Lloyd Inman Memorial Park The Portland Packing Company land, where the lobster factory was situated, covered about four acres and when they ceased operation the factory was bought by Mrs. Howatt and was run as a much lesser operation. With Mrs. Howatt was her son-in-law Lloyd Inman, a distant cousin of the Canoe Cove Inmans and he subsequently owned it. The West River Community Improvement Committee recognizing the need for a recreational area approached Mrs. Dorothy Inman, widow of Lloyd, about the possibility of using the land for a community park. She responded positively and the land was leased for a lengthy period with the condition that it be used as a park in memory of her husband. Through the efforts of the committee chaired by Wallace Buntin with Vincent MacKenzie as secretary, and lots of hard work by local men the result was a beautifully landscaped park. A change house and toilets were added along with a suitable monument and plaque. The Lloyd Inman Memorial Park opened on August 26, 1985 with an impressive ceremony. In 1989 a shelter for serving picnic lunches was built. This was a welcome addition as previously, if it started to rain the meal had to be served somewhere else. Many groups as well as individuals make use of the park. It is especially pleasing that the Inman family use this facility for their reunions each year. A History of Canoe Cove The Phantom Ship While we are dwelling on the activities in and around the shore we should think about The Phantom Ship. This phenomenon has been sighted many times over the years and not just by our Cove people. It has been seen on both sides of the Northumberland Strait and has been written about in many papers and magazines, the Patriot and The Atlantic Insight to mention two. It has been described as a sailboat and as a steamer, always on fire, and some people have claimed to have seen sailors running to and fro on the ship. The ship would remain stationary for hours, ablaze from stem to stern, then suddenly disappear. Many Cove people, most of which are dead, have seen this phenomenon. However, Hector MacNevin is one of the few who can give a first hand account of his sighting of the Phantom Ship. ^y A History of Canoe Cove The apparent explanation for its appearance is considered to be a certain atmospheric condition whereby lights that are far away appear to be much, much closer than they are. The ships seen were more likely to have been lights on shore and the sailors running around a figment of the imagination. Many Scots had the gift of "second sight" and often saw forerunners that took the form of an unusual light. If, coincidentally, a tragedy occured at the time of this sighting it was considered to be a forerunner. While we are on the subject of mysterious sightings, maybe sometime in the future somebody will tell of seeing a strange young man and young woman walking hand in hand in the second field from the MacCannell shore. One beautiful day in May 1986, two sad, discouraged young people, one from the Western end of the Island and one from the other end with problems with life, saw no other solution to their woes than to drive to a strange place and end their lives. Surely Mother Nature wept that day. !WW-!'W-W-!W^ <J1 I ■ ' im il i> :■:::::■:■::■: :■:■::•:-:■:■;■:■:■: A History of Canoe Cove Superstitions This seems like a good time to tell you of some of the superstitions of the people. Every Scot knows that on New Year's Eve the first visitor should be dark haired and he should bring something to eat to ensure that those whom he visits will have plenty to eat throughout the year. He also should bring something for the fire such as coal, to ensure there will be something to burn in the stove throughout the next year. Never put the right shoe on before the left and always work from left to right. To do otherwise would be to do it "widdershins". Never start a new piece of work on Friday. If you put a piece of clothing on inside out such as a sock, do not change it until the normal time for taking it off. Never look at the new moon on its first night through glass. Do not put three burning lamps on a table at the same time. It is a sign of a death. Do not seat thirteen at the table, also the sign of a death. If a bird flies in the house from outdoors that too, is a sign of a death. If you drop a glove get someone else to pick it up. It is bad luck to turn back if you start on a journey. If you give a sharp present to someone, such as a knife, give a penny with it otherwise it is bad luck. .A^y A History of Canoe Cove Camps Keir Presbyterian Centre Still on shore related activities we will look at the camps. Canoe Cove has been a prime site for camps for over 60 years. In the nineteen twenties the Canadian Girls in Training had their camps in a field at the shore belonging to Duncan MacCannell, and for many years the Young Men's Christian Association held their camps on the same site. The first permanent camp was built by the Church of Christ in the mid nineteen fifties, on land that long ago belong to Archie Campbell. This camp is very well attended and is a great asset to the church. The Presbyterians had their camp, Camp Keir, in the French River area for many years. As the number of campers and their activities grew more space and a more convenient site was needed. In 1986 an all-year-round facility was built on land that had one time belonged to "Red" Dougald MacDougall. This is an ideal place for community activities as well as church related functions as it has a large open area and excellent kitchen facilities. Much credit is given to Rev. John Cameron of the Kirk of St. James and Rev. Gordon Matheson of Zion Presbyterian Church, both in Charlottetown for getting this project completed. Hugh Lowry, a retired minister of Zion Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. Lowry are remembered with gratitude and affection for their dedicated service with church camps down through the years. The camp is capably cared for by David and Wanda MacFadyen. Florence MacCannell has been the camp nurse for several years. A History of Canoe Covi Organizations The Orange Lodge The Orange Lodge was the first organization that met in the Cove. The Orangemen had previously met at Long Creek but moved to Canoe Cove after the hall was built. Later in the nineteen twenties a Ladies Lodge was organized and Neil MacCannell has been mentioned as being instrumental in this effort. These Lodges flourished for over fifty years then lapsed during the seventies at the Cove for lack of members. Some members joined othes lodges or met elsewhere, keeping up their interest in Lodge work. The Lodges were an excellent forum for learning public speaking, as well as providing a social outlet. The twelfth of July Orange Tea was a big event and was held here many times. The annual Orangemen's banquet, another social event was held in the winter. A list of chartered members of the Ladies Lodge is not available but the following though incomplete will name some of the families involved in the Lodges. Donald MacDougall and relatives Mr. and Mrs. Colin Campbell Mr. and Mrs Harry MacNevin of New Argyle Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm MacFadyen Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Darrach Mr. and Mrs. Hugh (Duncan) MacKinnon ^s A History of Canoe Cove Mr. and Mrs. Ewen MacKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Hector MacNevin Sr. and family Mr. and Mrs. Hector MacNevin Jr. The Donald MacKinnon family Mrs. Duncan MacCannell and Florence Mr. and Mrs. Colin MacFadyen Mrs. Charles MacKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin E. MacKinnon John D. MacLean, Dougall and Mamie Mrs. Colin MacPhail, Long Creek Donald MacNevin and Charles Mrs. Hugh MacPhee, Velma and Mary Mrs. Neil Darrach Kenneth MacRae Sr. Division Another organization that was active many, many years ago was Division which was a chapter of the Sons of Temperance. A report was published in the local newspaper dated August 29 with no year given but a friend told me that it would be from the early 1900's. Here is a quote from it: A large and enthusiastic temperance meeting was held in Canoe Cove Hall, Mr John W. McFadyen acting as chairman. Grand Scribe J.F. Profitt, Hampton, then delivered a lengthy and eloquent address, after which a Divison of The Order of the Sons of Temperance was durly organized to be known as Harvest Divison No. 269. The following able staff of officers was chosen: W.P. Daniel McLean W.A. Miss Jessie McKenzie RS> MurdochMcKinnon, teacher A.R.S. Miss Laura McLean F.S. N,D. McFadyen A History of Canoe Cove Tresurer Mark Inman Chaplain J. C. McEachern Cons. Neil McKenzie A. Cons. Colin McFadyen IS. Hugh McPhee OS A lex McFadyen P.W.P. J.K. McFadyen S.V.P.W. Malcolm McKenzie "This Division, situated as it is in one of our most industrious and enterprising communities, together with an exceedingly large membership, promises to eclipise any of its kind in the jurisdiction. The instituting officer was much elated to see so many heads of families join in to help carry on the work of moral reform". Its aims were laudable but one suspects the accomplishments may not have lived up to the high ideals. The Women's Missionary Society (Presbyterian) The Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society was organized at Canoe Cove Church by Mrs. Hurst of Charlottetown on Thursday afternoon, June 16,1955. The charter members were: Mrs. Laughlin MacKinnon Mrs. Albert MacDougall, President Miss Annie (Bee) MacRae Mrs. Malcolm MacFadyen, Secretary Mrs. Francis MacDougall, Treasurer Mrs. Duncan MacCannell Mrs. James MacKenzie Mrs. Neil Darrach Mrs. Walter Shaw ..,jl s A History of Canoe Cove Miss Louise MacKenzie Mrs. John A. MacDougall Mrs. Nicholas Gillis Mrs. Neil MacPhail Mrs. John MacCannell Mrs. Marklnman Mrs. Alex MacQuarrie Mrs. Neil MacKenzie Mrs. Colin MacFadyen Mrs. Dan MacLean Mrs. Roy MacPhee Mrs. Charles MacNevin Mrs. Willard MacKinnon Mrs. Dougall MacLean This organization was very well attended for many years but as older members died their places were not taken, and now there are very few members. The women still meet regularly, and it is amazing how much is accomplished to help support missionaries abroad and to help those who labor at home. Canoe Cove Women's Institute Community minded women had been meeting fairly regularly in Canoe Cove primarily to meet the needs of the school, a type of a Home and School club. This was due mostly to the efforts of Ina Hickox who was an inspiring teacher in the district. This group led to the organization of the Canoe Cove Women's Institute, which was effected on September 15, 1950 by MaryLea Boswell, formerly of Victoria. The officers elected that night were President, Mary MacPhee; Vice President, Ina Hickox, and Secretary- 4 A History of Canoe Cove Treasurer, Sadie MacDougall. There were twelve members present. The charter members were: Mrs. Dan MacPhee Mrs. Beecher Hickox Mrs. Charles MacKinnon Mrs. Howard Muirhead Mrs. Archibald MacKinnon Mrs. Albert MacDougall Mrs. George Darrach Mrs. Willard MacKinnon Mrs. Dougall MacLean Miss Edith MacLean Mrs. Roy MacPhee Mrs. John MacCannell Mrs. Harold MacKinnon Mrs. Colin MacFadyen Mrs. Sandy MacKenzie The Women's Institute ran well for many years, but waned as some members moved away, some began working outside the home. In addition the closing of the school took away some of the focus of the Institute, and perhaps the interest of the members. The general needs of the community were still fulfilled by caring women who met as a community group, and the young people were cared for by a second group. These groups joined in 1988 to reactivate the Women's Institute. The new group started meeting monthly in the fall of 1988 and have accomplished much in a short time. The Women's Institute bought the school from the Government in 1973 which was a wise decision as it gave a centre to the district for meetings and social gatherings. Although the school was kept in fairly good repair, by 1989 the interior shabbiness was so noticeable that something had to be done. The A History of Canoe Cove women held bake and yard sales to raise money, and consequently the interior was redecorated. Now it is not only a cozy, warm place to meet, it is attractive as well. Red Cross People from the district have worked for the Red Cross for a long time for many purposes, starting with knitting for soldiers during the wars. Schools also used to have Red Cross meetings on Friday afternoons. The aim of the meetings was to teach pupils the basics of good health. One of the rules was that we should bath once a week, another was that we should wash our hair once every two weeks. Before we snicker at this we must remember that very few rural homes had electricity, running water or central heating. Getting a whole family bathed on Saturday night was quite a chore. When Red Cross First Aid Posts were established Canoe Cove was chosen over thirty years ago with Florence MacCannell, R.N. in charge. The idea of the post came up because of a near drowning in the MacCannell family. One and one- half year old Billy and two and a half year old Rosemary were happily playing and splashing at a tub of rain water when Billy lost his balance and tumbled in. By the time the mishap was noticed he was unconscious. Florence gave rudimentary artificial respiration and fortunately, Billy responded, but it was a very close call. An interview with Evelyn Cudmore of the Provincial Red Cross followed, which was broadcast on radio, and shortly after that the Post was started at the Cove. We are very lucky that there were no serious accidents during the time the Post has been in operation. A History of Canoe Cove An excellent First Aid team was formed in the district under the tutelage of Sinclair Cutcliffe, who was the First Aid Chairman for the Red Cross. This team placed first in a national competition in Montreal. Team members were Velma MacPhee, Cindy MacKenzie, Marty MacFadyen, Myrtle MacNevin and Margaret MacNevin. Velma MacPhee was Water Safety Chairman for the surrounding area for seventeen years. Later this work was done by Janet MacKenzie and due to their efforts many children from the district have learned to swim. Janet and her husband have left the district but swimming lessons are still available for those interested. Our Soldiers World War I Richard Rogerson, killed in France Archibald MacKinnon, killed in France Ewen MacKinnon Garfield MacLean Earl Rogerson World War II Served overseas Lloyd MacDougall Cleve MacDonald Rodolph MacDonald John MacNevin Neil MacNevin .A^y A History of Canoe Cove Morris MacLean Daniel MacPhee Donald MacRae Roderick MacRae Perley Shaw Alex Darrach Oswald Darrach Colin Darrach Enlisted, served in Canada Neil MacCannell Willard MacKinnon Fin ley MacRae Victor MacFadyen joined the Canadian Navy after the Second War and saw action aboard the HMCS Iroquois in the Korean War. He later joined the Royal Canadian Air Force where he spent many years before retirement. His son, Steven, also joined up serving in the Communications Reserves, then resigned to become a school teacher. Norman Shaw, son of Perley, is following in his father's footsteps. He is an instructor in the Navy and is stationed at CFB Shearwater, N.S. Major William MacCannell, who studied at the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham, England, received a M.Sc. in military vehicle technology, is an Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Officer with the army. A later assignment was life cycle maintenance manager of Northern Terrain Vehicles and mobility specialist with National Defense Headquarters in Ottawa. Major MacCannell is now serving with a Multinational Force in Egypt. A History of Canoe Cove Major Margaret (Ross) MacKinnon RN., BN. is married to a former resident of Canoe Cove, Charles MacKinnon, a grandson of Big Donald. She is the first woman on P.E.I, to attain that rank and the first woman to be appointed aide-de-camp to a lieutenant- governor. Marion Reid, herself a first as the first woman to become lieutenant-governor, chose Major MacKinnon in September 1990, soon after her own appointment. A History of Canoe Cove The People This chapter in the Cove history will look at some of the families of the early settlers and their descendents. Some names date from when the Cove was settled and some have moved here more recently. A lot of the Cove was settled by MacKinnons who came from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, in 1820. The MacNevins also came in 1820. Some farms have remained in the same families since their forbears came out from Scotland. In our democratic society this does not mean very much, but in England, for example, these families would be considered gentry. There are few really old houses, and those that are close to 150 years old are very attractive examples of the architecture of the time. The original houses which would have been of logs are all gone, and even the sites where people lived are obliterated in most cases. As almost all the early settlers were Scots, Canoe Cove is still predominately Scots and most names are prefixed with "Mac". Early records show that "Mc" which means "son of was used as the prefix in some Scots names rather than "Mac". MacRae is the exception to this and would properly be spelled Macrae. When the people exchanged Mc for Mac is not known but the connotation now is that Mc is Irish and Mac is Scots. For the most part the settlers were farmers and fishermen, and of course carpenters by necessity. As we noted before, mills and factories and trades abounded to care for the needs of the community. A History of Canoe Cove Many of the young people had to go "away" to find work. In Massachussets and other states we would find thousands of descendents of our Island people. Western Canada was also opening up then and many of our people went there to earn a living and never came back. We have exported lawyers, doctors, ministers, teachers and nurses as well as others who rose in their chosen professions or trades. Their names (that is the ones who left) have become well known in many cases, but we should also recognize the ones who had to stay behind to look after parents and mind the family farm and fishery. They too, deserve our respect, and of those one could say "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." If the remarks on the people read like the Biblical "begats", it is intentional, and if it helps a reader to trace his ancestors and where they lived it has served its main purpose. Many of the people had the same name so some means had to be devised to identify them. It is a Scots custom to add a parent's name, usually the fathers to the child, such as Johnny (child) Dugald (father). Less commonly it was the mother's, such as Duncan Mary. Sometimes the grandfather's name was added as I heard my husband talk about Sam Donald Dougall the other day. Sometimes a trade was used as in Neil Cooper. Sometimes a place as in Johnny In (In the Woods). A good example of the latter occurred about 1915 when there were three Sadie MacKinnons going to school. They were Sadie Hughie Duncan, Sadie Johnny Dougall and Sadie Quincy. Sadie Quincy was a niece of Duncan and Neil MacCannell and came from Quincy, Massachussetts. Sadie's mother died when the children were young and Sadie was sent to the Island to stay with relatives for a few years. There are many instances in these writings where the children were left fatherless or motherless or both and were cared for by kind relatives. This kindness and sense of duty was well A History of Canoe Cove demonstrated in our people when relatives or neighbors were in need. No Cove child went to an orphanage although there was a Protestant Orphanage established at Mount Herbert due to the influence of Rev. Daniel MacLean of our church. No older person or one incapable of caring for his own needs was sent to an institution as this was considered demeaning both to the person and his family or neighbor. According to the church minutes a sum was set aside each year for the poor but no notation of how it was spent which I think shows a great respect for the recipient's privacy. The above is a digression from the comments on names and there is one more point I want to make about the naming of a child by Scots parents. The oldest son is named for the father's father, the second for the mother's father and the third for the father. The oldest daughter is named for the father's mother, the second for the mother's mother and the third for the mother. Any other children were named as a matter of choice but usually after a favorite aunt or uncle, or the minister or doctor. It can be easily seen why nicknames were necessary. The owners of properties follow in alphabetical order (more or less). THE ANDREWS. Alan and Lois have built an attractive house on what was MacLean land, then owned by Joseph MacKenzie. BASILETTI. Mari, along with JoDee Samuelson bought a log house which was built by Glen and Colleen McDearmid on the site of Dugald MacDougall's house. Both are gifted artists, singers and musicians. Mari works for the provincial government. A History of Canoe Cove THE BERRYS. Donald and Elsie from Ontario, bought a house built by Brian and Peggy Dollar on what used to be the James "Mike" MacDonald property. Brian and Peggy have moved to Cornwall where Brian is a building contractor. Don and Elsie are retired. THE BUNTINS. Wallace, a native of U.SA, married Frances MacLeod, daughter of William and Rosilla (MacDonald), when they lived in the States. Wally, when he retired, bought land from Ernest Inman and built a home there. After only a few years of retirement Frances died and later Wally married Helen Dunlop of U.S.A. THE CAMPBELLS. Archibald Campbell lived nearer the Argyle Shore end of the Cove. He married Mary Anne MacDougall of New Argyle. They had a daughter, Beatrice, a school teacher, who died at the age of twenty three years, and a son Colin, who married Catherine MacNevin of New Argyle. Colin sold the farm to Roy Diamond when he and Catherine moved to the States to live. Colin died in the States but Catherine and their son, Murdoch still live there. Roy Diamond sold the farm to Curtis MacFadyen, who sold the house to Dr. Bruce MacCannell. The house burned down and no one has since built on the site. Alexander lived next to Archie. Margaret, daughter of Sandy, sold the farm to Allen MacDougall, who later sold it to Walter Carson. Carsons lived there for many years before selling to Roy Diamond. Roy Diamond in turn sold the farm to Glen MacFadyen. Glen sold the house to Colin Campell, son of Archie, who wanted to retire to the Cove. Collie sold it to Gladys Rogerson, daughter of Kenneth MacRae, who at her death passed it on to her grand-daughter Anne MacCannell Chapman. Anne sold the house to Shaun MacAndrew. A History of Canoe Cove During the last few transactions Glen retained the land. Both these Campbell farms were owned by Alex and Archibald respectively in the 1880 Atlas. Neil Campbell lived "on the hill", on the road to Long Creek, on land that was owned by Neil S. MacKenzie in the 1880 Atlas. (Vincent MacKenzie of St Catherines is a relative of these MacKenzies). Neil was married to Sarah MacEachern. His family was: Margaret who married Colin "Duncan Mary" MacEachern. They lived in New Argyle and had two daughters, Ethylene who is married in the States and Stella, who lives in Charlottetown. Ethel married Gordon MacEachern of New Argyle. They had two sons and a daughter, Sadie who married John Gillespie of Clyde River. Their daughter, Ethel, married Melbourne MacQuarrie who owns the New Dominion Service Station. Sadie. Catherine. Archie, unmarried, after farming for years sold the farm and moved to town, where he died. The beautiful old house and farm buildings, pictured in the 1880 Atlas are gone. Gone also is the name Campbell from Canoe Cove, THE CARSONS. Walter was born in Bonshaw, married Catherine Sherren, sister of Hector MacNevin, and bought the Sandy Campbell farm. Their only daughter, Leona, married David Inman of St Catherines, who was a son of John Thomas, the son of David of Canoe Cove. THE CURRIES. Dugald lived next to the Campbells "on the Hill". The land was in the Currie name in 1880. Dugald married Edith Anne Rogerson, daughter of Richard. Their only A History of Canoe Cove son Neil died when a young man and John D. MacLean, son of Alexander, who married Minerva, took over the farm. Their son, Dougall, inherited the farm. Dougall married Mamie Ward of Kingston and they had four children; Elvit and Edith who live in the home, Minerva who married Ray Bottomely and lives in California and Alberta, who married Frank Bowman and lives in Ontario. Another daughter of Dugald, Isabel, married William MacLean, also a son of Alexander. At one time they lived in the Cove in the MacEachern house that was bought by Duncan MacCannell, later moving to Fairview. Their daughter, Velma married Roy MacPhee, son of Hugh. Since Dugald's family died there have not been any Curries in the Cove. THE DARRACHS. Alexander, son of Daniel of New Argyle, served in World War II. After his discharge at the war's end he bought the Malcolm (Mack) MacKenzie farm. Mack MacKenzie's second wife was Lizzie Darrach, Alex' aunt, and she made her home with Alex until her death. Alex married Florence MacLean from the Montague area, and they had four boys, Lea, Donald, Wayne and Blair, and one girl Shirley. Alex also bought the "Red" Dougald farm from Beecher Hickox and farmed successfully for many years. Then he sold the house to Willard Irlam, the land to other purchasers and moved to Cornwall. He and Florence worked at Riverside Hospital until retirement. The MacDougall house which once was very attractive with well-kept grounds, was torn down and a house was built on the site by Glen and Colleen McDiarmid. Archibald (there were two Archibalds listed in the 1880 Atlas) lived next to the Currie farm that was later called Black Jack's. No doubt Black Jack was his son and "black" merely meant his coloring to distinguish him from some other Jack Darrach. Jack had two sons, Jack who was a tailor and Seymour who was a A History of Canoe Cove carpenter and lived in Dunedin. The farm was sold to Allan MacDougall for his son, Albert, then passed on to Albert's daughter and son-in-law, Irene and Clifford Moffatt. The buildings are long gone. The other Archibald Darrach was on the Rice Point Road. His son Neil who married Julia MacDonald from Nine Mile Creek farmed there all his life. After Neil's death the farm was sold to Malcolm Darrach, the house which was one of the oldest in the Cove torn down and a new house built for Julia. When Julia's health failed she moved to Sunset Lodge where she still resides. Their daughter, Velma married Billy Moreash and they have lived in Ontario for over forty years but come to the Cove in the summer. Daughter, Sandra, married Norman Walker and they live near Charlottetown. Duncan lived on the farm adjacent to Hector MacNevin and is now owned by him. This was the homestead of those Darrachs. Another Darrach descendent, Neil, Alex' brother, lives in New Argyle. Duncan married Katie Campbell of Argyle Shore and they had a large family, one of which, Duncanelda, was born after Duncan tragically died two days after being hit by a falling tree while working in the woods. This was especially traumatic for his son, Collie, who was with his father at the time and was only 11 years old. Their ordeal was not over as later their house burned down and the family moved to Ontario. Their family was Hughie Elmer, Jane, Oswald, Colin, Mary, Bernice, Ormond, Ellie and Duncanelda. Two boys, Oswald and Colin were in the armed forces during the Second War, serving overseas. Oswald who married Eleanor Burdett of Fairview lives in New Dominion with their son, Brian. Duncan's grand daughter, Susan Cassey, . daughter of Ellie, lived in the Ewen MacKinnon house. A History of Canoe Cove John Angus was the son of Margaret and Angus Darrach. He was married to Clara Inman and, sadly, died when his family was young due to an accidental drowning. They lived for a time in the Nicholson house later moving to New Haven where they were living at the time of his death. Their family was as follows: George, who was a fisherman and kept the store with his mother, married Hazel Arbing from Charlottetown. They had two daughters, Barbara Anne, who married Merrill Scott of Cornwall, moved to Montague where Merrill was mayor for several terms, and Deborah, who married Dr. Donald Vickerson and lives near Souris. The Scotts have a girl Jennifer and a boy Kerry, both married, while the Vickersons have five children, Rebecca, Jonathon, Andrew and twins Sarah and Ellen. George died in 1967 and Hazel moved to Montague. Louis, also a fisherman and a carpenter, married Elizabeth Adams from near Kensington, lives in New Haven. They have two sons, Blair and Gordon, and a daughter, Gloria, all of whom are married with family. Gordon lives near Charlottetown, Blair in Cornwall and Gloria Wolflinger, a registered nurse lives near Vancouver, B.C., as do her children, Fenton and Lori. Katie, who married Daniel MacNeill of St Catherines, died when her children were young. Her family was ; Myrtle, who married Charles MacNevin and lives in Canoe Cove. Everett, who married June Gardiner and lives in Ontario. Chester, who married Wilma Willis lives near Charlottetown. Eileen, Mrs. Robert Lunnie lives in Ontario. Dora married Hugh Nicholson of Breadalbane, and they live in North River. Anne married Tom McKeage of Toronto and their children are Deborah, Kevin and Brenda. A History of Canoe Cove Lloyd married Alice Purcell of Newfoundland, now deceased, lives in California and they had one son, James. Clarence, unmarried lives in Vancouver, B.C. Lillian married Murray Taylor, now deceased, of Toronto and lives there. Their son, Vernon is a noted figure skater, and they also had a daughter, Donna. THE DOIRONS. Vincent, formerly of Charlottetown and his wife Anne, formerly of Nova Scotia, bought the Laughlin Mac Kinnon house. Because it was unoccupied for some years it had deteriorated badly but Vince and Anne have completely remodeled it, and landscaped the grounds, making this home as beautiful and gracious as it once was. They have a boy, Dion, and a girl, Denise. THE ELLISES. Douglas, a native of New Brunswick, married Bette Moffat, daughter of Irene and Clifford. They have two children, Morgan and Chelsey. The Ellises live in a mini home on a lot near the Corner on the Albert MacDougall farm. THE GILLESPIES. Archibald, married to Sharon Coulson lives in a house built by Arthur Wright on the Dan MacPhee farm. They have an antique business. Arthur Wright who was married to Eva Irlam MacLeod, a sister of Willard Irlam's moved to Charlottetown and Artie Wright died not long after. THE GRANTS. Hugh was one of the noted people of the settlement and lived on a farm owned by Dugald MacKinnon in the 1880 Atlas. He was married to Euphemia MacEachern, a sister of Donald MacKinnon's wife. Dugald MacKinnon may have been a relative of Big A History of Canoe Cove Donald, but as MacKinnons owned a lot of the Cove maybe not. They had no family but adopted a son, Walter. Mr. Grant also had a brother, Archibald and two sisters who were in U.S.A. at the time of Mr. Grant's death. Mr. Grant worked for many years with the Portland Packing Company as a sealer at the factory. The farm was passed on to Mrs. Grant's nephew Dan MacKinnon. The original house is long gone and the site is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ricky MacDonald, where they have built a new house. THE HALLS. James Hall and his sister were orphaned at an early age and he was given a home with Johnny Archie and Maggie MacDougall. When they died he inherited the farm. He married Margaret MacLeod of Long Creek and their family was: Vertis who married Willard Betts and lives in West Royalty; Doris who lives at home, and Georgie who married Wayne Foy and they live with their family in Alberta. Jimmy died in 1987 and Doris and her mother still live on the farm. THE HICKOXES. Beecher who was in the Second World War, bought Red Dugald's place from Francis MacDougall at the war's end. He and his wife Ina, who was a capable school teacher, lived there until poor health forced him to sell the farm and move to Montague where Ina taught school. They had a girl, Elsie, also a school teacher who married Kenneth MacLeoand a boy, Harold. Both Beecher and Ina died not many years after leaving the Cove. HOLMES. Margaret, retired, formerly of Montreal, lives the year round in a cottage on James Hall's shore. THE INMANS. John Inman's father emigrated from near Yorkshire, England in 1819. He lived from 1807-1873 and was A History of Canoe Cove married to Jane Webster. Their son David who was the youngest son in the family married Catherine MacDougall from New Argyle, Red Dugald's sister. He owned part of the Archibald Darrach farm on which was built a beautiful large farmhouse which is still very attractive. David and Catherine's family was as follows: John Thomas, worked at many trades including lumbering, boat-builder, captain of his boat "The Derry" and farmer in St. Catherine's. He married Margaret MacFadyen, after her death Laura MacPhail and after her death Mrs. Catherine MacNevin. He had a keen sense of humour and said he had three wives but never asked any of them to marry him. Ernest married Barbara MacFadyen and lived most of his adult life in the States but died when relatively young. Their family was: Harold who married Nellie Hounin from New Haven, David who married Mary Scott from Cornwall, Dorothy Peacock and Barbara (Hunt) Pratt all of whom lived in the Boston area. Dorothy and her husband Winston Peacock, also Mary Inman, visit the Island frequently. Mary and Dave's daughter Barbara married a MacNeill from the Island and live near Charlottetown. Mark married Jessie MacKenzie, daughter of Neil Malcolm, and had two daughters, Stella and Mildred, and one son Ernest. Ernest inherited the family farm and still lives there. Stella married Milton MacRae of Bonshaw and her family is William, Harvey, Norman, Bonnie, Hazel, Joy and John. Mildred married Harold Darrach of the Brae area and their family is: Joyce (Inman), Owen, and twins Duncan and Donald. Janie married Duncan MacCannell of Long Creek and their family was Russell, Neil and John as shown under the MacCannells. Annie married Hugh MacPhee of the next farm and their family was Mamie, Roy, Florence, Clara and Dan, as will be shown under the MacPhees. We should note A History of Canoe Cove that when Annie was about thirteen years of age she had her appendix removed, the operation being performed on the Inman kitchen table. I do not know why she was not taken to Hospital. Perhaps she was too ill to make the trip with a horse and sleigh or wagon. At any rate Dr. Stephen Jenkins, a brilliant Charlottetown surgeon of the time, successfully operated on Annie and she made an excellent recovery. As far as I know she was the only one in the district to have such a serious operation done in her home. Clara married John Angus Darrach and their family is shown under the Darrachs. David and Catherine were very kind and caring folks and cared for John Thomas' children, Eleanor and James for a time. They also cared for Archibald MacDougall whose parents died when he was young. Catherine's mother spent her last years at Inman's and died there. This is a good example of how people of this generation cared for their extended families. Now that Ernest is retired it is appropriate that the land be farmed by David's great grandsons Barry and Jamie MacPhee, who now own it. THE IRLAMS. Willard and Joan Irlam, from Charlottetown, bought Alex Darrach's house where they provided a home for foster children for several years. Willard retired early to devote time to a greenhouse and a garden, but died not many years after moving to our Cove. Meanwhile Joan had her candymaking business until her health failed and she died not long after Willard in 1990. They left two girls, Colleen, who had married Glen McDiarmid and lives in Vancouver, B.C., and Beverley, who married Henry Gauthier and lives in the home. Beverly is talented artistically and musically and is the organist of her church, She has three girls, Gina Foy, Shanahn and Robin. A History of Canoe Cove THE JENKINSES. Chris Married Doreen (Francis) Taylor, widow of Murchison and they live in a new house on what was the Jay MacNevin property. Jessie Jenkins, now deceased, was a native of Nine Mile Creek who had lived in U.S.A. for years and came to the Cove in the summer. She lived in the house once owned by the Nicholson sisters who gave it to John Angus Darrach. The house had many owners namely, Richard MacLean, Mrs. MacDougall, second wife of Red Dugald (she was married to a MacDougall of Bangor, P.E.I, before she married Dugald), Ben Ward, Lloyd Smith and James MacPhail. THE KATHRENSES. William Kathrens, who was married to Elizabeth MacLean lived on the MacEachern farm, apparently at the end of the 1800's as the children are listed in the 1896 school register. Mr. and Mrs. Kathrens moved to Purple Springs, Alberta, where they died leaving their children, Mrs. B. Shawcross, Mrs. George Shelburne, William, Herbert and Howard. THE LUNDS. Donald Lund, brother of Diane MacNevin and Heather MacPhee bought Barry and Heather's house when they built a new one next door. Donnie and his family are from Charlottetown. THE MOFFATS. Clifford came to the Cove from Western Canada when a young man to be with his sister Reta and her husband Archie MacKinnon when they ran their store. He married Irene MacDougall, daughter of Albert, and they moved to Ontario. They were in the Toronto area for quite some time then came back to the Cove about 1972 living in the Albert MacDougall house. They had three girls, Wendy who is married in Ontario; Bette A History of Canoe Cove who is married to Doug Ellis; Trudy who is in Ontario, and one boy, Wayne in Vancouver, B.C. Sadly, Irene died while still a young woman after a relatively short illness. Clifford is recently retired and newly married. He and Penny make their home in the Cove. THE NICHOLSONS. Jessie and Flora lived in a house on the Black Jack Darrach farm. Nothing more is known about them except that they never married and left their house to Johnny Angus Darrach when they died. It is surprising that the house is still in good condition after all those years. Mary Nicholson was shown as having a house on the Alexander MacLean farm in the 1880 Atlas but nothing else is known about her. William MacDonald lived in this house for some time also Donald "Laughie" MacKinnon. Later Garfield and Mary (MacNevin) MacEachem lived there until Garfield died not many years later. Then Jay MacNevin who was married to Florence MacDonald of Rice Point lived there for years, until both Florrie and Jay died. That house has been torn down and a new house built, now owned by Chris and Doreen Jenkins. THE MCALEERS. Kirk McAleer, from Charlottetown, with his wife and family bought the house that had been the store on the Corner, from Rob Patterson. THE MACCANNELLS. The MacCannells came from the Island of Colonsay in Scotland in 1798 and settled in Mount Stewart and Long Creek. Duncan was the oldest son of Duncan MacCannell and Flora MacFadyen who was the daughter of Hector MacFadyen of St. Catherines. Duncan came to the Cove from Long Creek in 1901 and boarded for seven years with Mrs. John MacFadyen A History of Canoe Cove until he married in 1908. In 1904 he bought a farm from Neil MacEachern, who moved to Long Creek. Duncan could turn his hand to almost any trade. He was a progressive man, spoken of as being ahead of his time. He was a farmer, fisherman, carpenter and for many years operated a saw mill. His outstanding passion was for boats, a passion shared by his sons and grandsons. A picture of the Titanic, the unsinkable ship that did indeed sink, has hung in the MacCannell kitchen for over 75 years. (It was a premium for subscribing to the Family Herald). Duncan married Jane Inman and they had three sons: Russell, the oldest, went to Vancouver, B.C. when very young, married Ina Beamish, and had one daughter, Linda Anne. He died at 39 years of age in Vancouver. Neil, the next son, lived in Toronto for many years. He married Irene Emerson and died aged 65. John lived almost all his life in Canoe Cove, married Florence MacRae, a schoolteacher and registered nurse, and had seven children as follows: Lillian, married Edgar Buckle of Newfoundland, is a business woman, lives near Halifax and they have one daughter, Shannon. Anne, married to Neil Chapman of Truro, works there in the County municipal office and they have two sons, Mark and Alexander. Duncan lives in the family home and is a fisherman. Rosemary, MSc. in nursing, married Hector White of Quebec and they have one son, James. They live in MeadowBank and Rosemary works for the Department of Health, Provincial Government. William, MSc.(Eng), is a Major currently working a one year tour in the Sinai. Russell, deceased at age 30. Janice, bookkeeper at K-Mart Pharmacy lives in Cornwall. A History of Canoe Cove Neil MacCannell, a schoolteacher, storekeeper and county clerk was a brother of Duncan. He married Katie MacGregor and had three children: Archibald "Bus" married Beth Gillis of New Argyle and was a Charlottetown businessman. He ran the Checker Cab for years then went into paint and other businesses. Wendell, unmarried, lived in Montreal and died when fairly young. Edith married Fred MacPhail of Argyle Shore. Their family was: Mary, Mrs. Bill Cameron, lives in Hampton; Lorna, Mrs. Dalvay Pollard lives in Argyle Shore; Sterling, married to Helen Maclnnis, lives in Argyle Shore; Gary, married to Diane MacPhee of New Haven, lives in Argyle Shore; Nancy, married to Allison Howatt lives in Crapaud and Lori, married to Ron Bowers lives in Argyle Shore. THE MACDONALDS. Michael MacDonald and his wife Elizabeth came from Ebenezer and bought the Jack MacRae farm. They were called the "Mikes" to identify them. Their family as listed in the 1928 Atlas was Rosilla, George, James, Edna, Clarence, Lydia, Ada, William, Alex and Walter (twins). James, married Islay MacDonald of Rice Point, and bought the farm owned by Neil MacKinnon as shown in the 1880 Atlas, not far from his father. An affable man he was secretary of the school district for a long time and it was a pleasure to have him call. His family was: Chester married to Louise MacKenzie, worked in Toronto until ill health forced him to retire to his father's home. Chester's father and mother were both dead by this time. Chester died in 1989 at the age of 59, after having been in poor health for many years. Louise and daughter Amanda live in the home. Ralph and his wife Fay MacKinnon of the Churchill MacKinnons, live nearby with their family. A History of Canoe Cove John lives in North River. Patsy who married Kenneth Wakelin and has a baby daughter.Katie Anne, lives in North River. Cleve married Cynthia Betts and lived in the Cove for a time then moved to Cornwall dying not many years after, a relatively young man. Their daughter, Peggy, married to Brian Dollar also lives in Cornwall. Rodolph married Marie Crosby of Bonshaw and they live in Ontario. Malcolm, married, lives in Ontario. Elizabeth, married to Billy Smith who is deceased, lives in Cornwall. Mary is married to Spurgeon Currie of Rocky Point where they live. They have two sons and two daughters. Rosilla married William MacLeod of Oyster Bed Bridge and they moved to the States. They had one daughter who married Wallace Buntin. The MacLeods bought the David MacEachern house and retired there. When the MacLeods died their house went to their gronddaughter, Sally and her husband, Lawrence MacEachern, nephew of Islay (Mac Eachern) MacDonald Alexander and Walter farmed the home farm for many years. Walter died at an early age and Alex later sold the farm to MacMillans and moved to New Haven near his sister Lydia. Neither of the twins married. Lydia married Duncan Gass of New Haven. Lyddie's family included Melbourne Gass who was the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for this district for many years. After he retired from federal politics he was provincial leader of the Conservative party. A History of Canoe Cove The lovely old MacDonald house and buildings are gone. THE MACDOUGALLS. Albert, son of Allan of Nine Mile Creek, bought the farm belonging to Neil (Malcolm) MacKenzie. He married Sadie Livingston of Nine Mile Creek, and they had two children, Lloyd who married Caroline MacKenzie and Irene who married Clifford Moffat. Albert also bought the Black Jack Darrach farm. Sadie died and Albert married Amy, widow of Donald MacPhail of Argyle Shore and they lived in the MacPhail home for years. Later they moved to a mobile home beside Albert's home, as Irene and Clifford were living in the house by this time. In a sad turn of events Lloyd died in the fall, then the next summer Albert, Amy and Irene died within a short time of each other. Dugald, son of Colin MacDougall lived on Donald MacKinnon's Lane. He was always called "Red" Dugald to identify him. It always seemed impossible to say just plain Jack Darrach or Dugald MacDougall without preceding the name by the color of hair. It used to be a standing joke that all red hair in following generations came from Red Dugald, but Dugald had no family! He married Catherine Darrach and although they had no family, a home was given to Francis MacDougall, whose father was a cousin and both his parents had died. Some time after Catherine died he married a Mrs. MacDougall from Bangor, P.E.I. Francis sold the farm to Beecher Hickox, after Dugald died, and Beecher sold it to Alex Darrach. There was a link there as Catherine was Alex' aunt. Since then various owners have had parts of the farm. The Presbyterian Camp is on part of it, and a housing development on part. The house and grounds were well maintained in Dugald's day with an attractive fence, but that house and the buildings are iong gone and a new house on the site. A History of Canoe Cove John (Archie) and his wife lived in the lower part of the district. They had no children but gave a home to James Hall whose parents died when the children were young. James' wife Margaret and daughter Doris live on the farm. John owned a farm near the other John and his son Donald and daughter Mary lived there until they died. A son, Neil, was employed with the CNR. Neil's son George lives in Charlottetown, and his daughter Mary Belle Goodwin lives in Cornwall. Another son Norman, is a minister. Other family members of John's were Mrs. Catherine Murphy and Mrs. Margaret Anne MacFadyen, both were in the States for some time before their deaths. Francis, as stated earlier, was brought up at Dugald MacDougall's. His brother Archie was given a home with Mrs. David Inman, Dugald's sister, and went to Western Canada when he grew up. There were many others in Francis' family, Mrs. Allison (Annie) MacMillan being one. She was a registered nurse that served overseas and was awarded the Royal Red Cross. Francis married Flora MacRae, daughter of Roderick and they bought the Farquhar MacRae place. They had no children. Francis farmed the MacRae land after Roderick died and as stated before had a small business. Of all those MacDougalls none of the name are left in the Cove and in fact, very few relatives live in surrounding areas. THE MACEACHERNS. Alexander moved from Brae to a farm owned by Archibald MacLean inl880. Other MacEacherns had lived on this farm and the relationship, if any, is not known. There was an Angus Hector on the farm at one A History of Canoe Cove time. There was also a store there. Mary MacEachera who married Dan MacKinnon, son of Donald, was a daughter of Alexander. Malcolm was a son and married Edith MacLean, daughter of John D. Malcolm and Edith moved to Charlottetown where they lived well into old age. David, the son of Colin MacEachern, with his wife Ellen Baker lived in a house on what was part of the Inman farm. They had a son Colin who married Charlotte MacDonald of Nine Mile Creek. Davy was a carpenter and was a great fiddle player. As stated Lawrence and Sally MacEachern live there. John, apparently a son of Colin, as that is who owned the land in 1880, married Mary Campbell and they did not have any children. After his death she married Malcolm MacKenzie, who moved in with her. They did not have any children and gave a home to Lola Campbell, Mary's neice, whose father had died. Lola married Donald MacDonald of Rice Point and they had one daughter Lynn, who married Cecil MacKenzie, son of James. Lynn lives in Rice Point in her father's house. Neil, whom everyone called Big Neil, owned the farm beside MacEachers's Creek. When he sold the farm to Duncan MacCannell he moved to Long Creek. Among Neil's family is Rose, who married Dan MacEwen and lives in Long Creek on the family farm with her son Blair and his wife Cheryl (MacPhee). Neil's daughter - in-law, Violet (MacCannell) who married Melbourne, now deceased, lives in the lovely MacEachern homestead in Long Creek. The MacEachern house that Duncan MacCannell bought is in ruins but the barn across the road was extensively remodelled by him and young Duncan uses it as a boat shed and storage for his traps. There was a house on the MacEachern property on the back lane at one time. A History of Canoe Cove It was hauled beside the other house and used for a wood shed at one time but was torn down long ago. It is not known who lived in that house or precisely where it had been built. THE MACFADYENS. Malcolm, the first of the Cove MacFadyens that we have information on lived in Crapaud. We do not know his wife's name but we know that he had two sons, Angus and Donald, and two daughters Jane and Anne. We are interested in Donald because he moved to Canoe Cove, and Jane because she married Duncan Kennedy of Montague. Their daughter, Sarah, married her cousin Neil. Malcolm's son, Donald married Anne MacKay of DeSable. Apparently she was a lady of presence and she was affectionately called "The Queen". I know of two other Scots ladies, who got that nickname and it was one of regard and respect. The MacFadyens lived on the farm now owned by Harry MacKinnon until 1904. Donald's family was as follows: Angus apparently went to the States, married and died there when still a young man. Donald (Dan) married Belle MacPhee, daughter of Archibald, and they went to U.S.A. After Belle died Dan returned to the Cove, and stayed with his nephews, Colin MacFadyen and Donald MacNevin. Later he went to town to live and died there. James apparently went to the States, married and died there. John K married Catherine MacKenzie, daughter of Neil (Malcolm) and they had ten children. Mary married James MacNevin, son of Neil the Tailor. Their family was Donald, Adelaide (Pollard), Gertrude (MacEachern), Jessie (MacDougall), Mary (MacEachern) Drake, Roderick, James, Milton, Charles and Hilda. Neil married Grace Campbell and had one son Collie. After her death he married his cousin Sarah Kennedy and they moved to the States, both died there. A History of Canoe Cove Sarah married James Boyce of Bonshaw and had two children, Wendell and Alice (MacDougall), both deceased. Findlay (Philip) died when he was 19. Colin died when about a year and a half. Marcus died at three years of age. The MacFadyen men, John K. who operated the carriage shop and Neil, the blacksmith, were industrious and their businesses thrived. At John's untimely death his sons took over the carriage business and it continued to prosper for a time. However, the advent of the car and the tractor changed circumstances and the carriage shop had to close. It was torn down about 1950 after being out of operation for about twenty years. After John's death Catherine married her cousin Alexander MacKenzie and she went to live in Long Creek. John and Catherine's family were as follows: Marcus Bateman married Marion MacSwain, a school teacher from Kingston, and they moved to the States. Bateman and Marion are both dead. Malcolm took over his Uncle Neil's blacksmith shop, later marrying Mary Belle MacKinnon, daughter of Johnny (Dugald), and moved his business down there. Malcolm also fished lobsters with Albert MacDougall. Malcolm and Mary had seven children as shown below. Retus, who is married with grown-up family lives in N.B. Glen married Martha Simpson of Bayview. Marty is gifted in many ways but especially in painting. They have three sons and two daughters. A History of Canoe Cove Kenny married to Cheryl Cooper, a deaconess, has three sons, Malcolm Glen, Cameron, Alexander and Ian Laird. Kerry has a kill-and-chill business on the home farm. Andrew has graduated with his B.Sc. from U.P.E.I. Glenda who graduated from U.P.E.I., is married to Brad Waddell and lives in Prince George, B.C. They have a daughter, Martha Grace. Gail, a Registered Nurse with her B.N. degree works at the I.W.K. Hospital in Halifax Victor married Rena MacNevin, daughter of Jay, did his stint in the Navy, and saw action in the Korean War, then switched to the Air Force. Victor has been a lobster fisherman for the past years. They have three children. Susan, a Registered Nurse, married to Robert Craig has three boys. Steven, a school teacher, married to Lynn Semple of Winsloe, also a school teacher now has a baby girl Natalie Laura, and teaches school in the N.W.T. Paula, a very gifted singer and musician is attending university. Kathleen, a school teacher married James Morrison of Hampton and their family is Heather, Karen, Nancy, John (deceased), Barbara, William, Mary, Marion and Jennifer. Sadie, married Lome MacLean of Clyde River and they had four children; Donald, Lorna, Heath and Robert. Everett married Heather Baker of New Brunswick and they live there. They have two children. A History of Canoe Cove Curtis married Janet Waddell of Kelly's Cross and they have four children. John married Lillian MacNeill of DeSable and moved to U.S.A. Findlay died when about three months of age. Goodwill moved to the States and married there. Donald Angus also moved to the States. Colin married Florence MacRae of Bonshaw, and lived in the home at the Cove. They had three boys and one girl: Dean married Sharon MacEachern of Rice Point and they live near Charlottetown. Colin Rae died at age 42. Inez married Eddie Somers, has one girl, Pamela and lives near Charlottetown. David, who married Susan Gould and later Wanda MacDonald, lives on the home place with their family, Valerie, Melissa, Matthew and Mark. Flora Ann married Peardon Hamilton, has grown family and lives in Charlottetown. Jessie married Alexander MacKenzie of Long Creek and after living some years in Ontario, they are retired near Charlottetown. They had a boy Joseph, and a girl, Caroline (MacDougall). Everett, married Daisy Hill and they now live »n Truro, N. S. Their daughter, Betty, is a registered nurse and works in Charlottetown. The John MacFadyen house stayed in the MacFadyen name all those years but the Neil MacFadyen house A History of Canoe Cove had many owners, They were Malcolm MacFadyen, Mrs. Charles (Mary Belle) MacKinnon, Neil (Hughie Duncan) MacKinnon and finally John MacCannell. THE MACKAYS. Norman and Shirlie MacKay from Charlottetown, purchased land from PerleyShaw and built a cottage there. Later when they retired they winterized it and they live there all year round. THE MACKENZIES. Norman MacKenzie came from Portree in the Isle of Skye and settled in Long Creek in 1830. He was married to Catherine MacKay. Two of his descendents, Malcolm ana Alexander, figure in Canoe Cove history. His son Malcolm had a farm in the Cove not far from his father's and married Catherine MacNevin. Their family was: Neil, on the homestead John in Charlottetown Norman, chief of police in Needham, Mass. Malcolm, Canoe Cove Mrs. Roderick MacLean, Coleman, P.E.I. Mrs. Neil MacLean .South Boston and Mrs. Ewen MacEachern, Campobello, Mass. This information taken from Mrs. MacKenzie's obituary printed in the local newspaper, probably the Guardian, in 1919. Their son Neil married Jessie MacNevin, daughter of Roderick and their family (taken from her obituary printed in the local newspaper in 1914) was: Roderick, in Chicago Dan, in Maine John Edward, in Victoria, B.C. Malcolm, in New Westminister Catherine, Mrs. John K. MacFadyen, Canoe Cove A History of Canoe Cove Florrie, Mrs. John Dwyer Jessie, Mrs. Mark Inman and Neil, at home. Nillie Malcolm as he was called had a son Malcolm "Little Mac" who was a school teacher and organist. He taught for years in the West, then he came back to the Cove and taught music. One of his pupils was Louise MacDonald, our former Church organist. Some years after Jessie died Nillie Malcolm married Lizzie Darrach and they gave a home to Freda Potts, whose parents had died. Freda had a brother, Billy, who was brought up by MacDougalls in Bonshaw and married Florence MacPhee. Malcolm, brother of Neil (Malcolm) married Mary Campell who had married John MacEachern, a son of Colin. John died when still a young man. Malcolm had moved in with Mary and when she died and Neil had died, Malcolm married Lizzie. In the first Malcolm's family John K. MacKenzie was an excellent piper and came from accomplished pipers on the MacKay (grandmother's) side. As stated earlier he was a shoe maker and lived at the Corner. He married Isobel MacKay of DeSable and moved to Charlottetown where descendents of his still live. Alexander MacKenzie, son of Alexander, son of James, son of Norman, married Jessie MacFadyen, daughter of John K. MacFadyen and Catherine MacKenzie. They bought the MacEachern and MacLean farms in the Cove and built a new house there. They had two children Caroline and Joseph. Caroline, a school teacher and organist, married Uoyd MacDougall, son of Albert, and they went to Ontario to live. They had two children Gary and busan. A History of Canoe Cove Joseph married Clarinda Simpson a school teacher from Bayview. Cindy is gifted at needlework and painting, especially landscapes. They sold the family home to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rockwell and built a lovely house on the hill with a spectacular view of the Cove. Joe is a heavy equipment operator and his sons have followed in his footsteps. Their children are as follows: Richard married Janet Affleck, lived "on the hill" before moving to Nova Scotia, and they have four children; Sherry, Jason, Valerie and Julie Anne. Richard took courses at U.P.E.I. as well as holding down a fulltime job graduating with a diploma in Public Administration. Brian married Terry Murphy and they live in B.C. with their family. Jeff married Carolyn Dawson and they and their family live in Yukon. Carl lives in B.C. with his family. Lisa attends U.P.E.I. and is organist in our church. James, son of Alexander, older brother of Sandy, married Christene (Teenie) MacPhee. Teenie was related to the Canoe Cove MacPhees and they lived in Long Creek, later moving to the Cove. James purchased land from Laughlin MacKinnon and built a house there across from Sandy. He was a farmer, fisherman and carpenter. They had a son and four daughters: Cecil, married Lynn MacDonald, daughter of Donald MacDonald and his wife Lola Campbell of Rice Point. They lived for a few years on the Ewen MacKinnon farm then sold it to Pauline and Leigh Thomas. They moved to Ontario where Cecil died while a young man, leaving two children, Rebecca and Stephen. Annie married Delbert Quaife and lives in the West. A History of Canoe Cove Mary married Dan MacPhee, son of Hugh and lives in the Cove. Louise married Chester MacDonald, son of James, and lives in the Cove. Pauline married Leigh Thomas and lives in Long Creek. When Jim and later Teenie died their house was sold to George Rodger of Ontario. Another MacKenzie lives in the Cove. Lincoln, son of Norman, son of Alexander, son of James, son of Norman who came from Skye, is a school teacher, married Mary Kelly and lives with his family on land that formerly belonged to Dan MacPhee. All the MacKenzie men were excellent carpenters and you may see their work in many homes in the area. THE MACKINNONS. Angus came from the Isle of Skye in 1820. Duncan was the son of Angus, and Ewen (Hugh) was the son of Duncan. Hugh married Mary Anne MacDougall of New Argyle and had a family of five sons and four daughters. Two sons, Angus and John went to the U.S. and died there. Duncan went to Winnipeg and died there. Ewen married Jean MacEachern of New Argyle and had six children: Erma (MacLauchlin), Irene, Mary, Lester, Keith and Melvin. He farmed the farm next his father for many years, and later sold it to Gus Shaw. He moved to town (Charlottetown) and was appointed a fruit and vegetable inspector, a position he held for seventeen years. Ewen served in both World Wars. Hugh's other son Neil lived in the States for years. He and his wife, who was Mabel MacKenzie from Rose Valley, bought the Neil MacFadyen house as a summer home. Unfortunately, Neil did not live long after 1 A History of Canoe Cove making repairs to the house and Mabel died soon after. The daughters of Hugh MacKinnon were: Margaret, Mrs. Dan MacQuarrie, Sadie MacArthur and Isabelle who spent the most of their lives in the States, and Louise who married Hector MacNevin of St. Catherine's. Hector and Louise farmed the MacKinnon farm and raised a family of four daughters and three sons as follows: Christine, a school teacher, married Winston Taylor of Rice Point. Louise, also a teacher, married Rankin MacLaine of Rice Point and they now live near Charlottetown. Jessie, deceased, was married to George Neil MacPhee of Cumberland, also deceased. Dorothy who has worked in Toronto for years, is now retired. John, who served in the Armed Forces during the last war lives with his wife Nonie in Toronto, Neil, who also served with the Armed Forces in the last war, lives with his wife, Lea in Toronto. Hector the youngest son remained on the farm. He married Margaret Boyle of New Haven and their family is as follows: Marlene has her BAdegree from U.P.E.I. and is married to Allister Aitken of Stanchel where they live with their family. Linda, B.Sc, in Nutrition is married to Ricky Smith. They have one child. Keith educated in Business Administration is married with family and lives in Halifax. Dennis is married to Arlene Campbell and lives with his family near Montague. Blair who is married to Linda Sherren of Crapaud, is an excellent farmer and lives with his family, Jeremy, Andrew and Jennifer in the MacKinnon house on the Angus MacKinnon farm. Thus we have A History of Canoe Cove Jeremy or Andrew, son of Blair, son of Hector, son of Louisa, daughter of Ewen (Hugh), son of Duncan, son of Angus in a continuous line of MacKinnon blood since 1820 when Angus came out from Scotland. Donald, commonly called "Big Donald", lived on the lane to New Argyle. In the 1880 Atlas this land belonged to John MacKinnon, and Donald was probably his son. He was, no doubt, called Big Donald because of his size as he was a tall man with a big well muscled body and was a hard, diligent worker. He was a farmer but he was foremost a capable, well liked businessman who successfully ran the lobster factory for the Portland Packing Company. Donald married Mary MacEachern, daughter of Colin, and they had a family of six sons and two daughters. Murdoch was a United Church Minister who served as a student at our Church but his ministry was mostly in Ontario where he married and is buried. He wrote the poem Canoe Cove, included at the front of this history, that shows such depths of feeling and love for his home. Albert, twin of Murdoch died when a young man. Archibald was killed in France in World War I Laughlin married Margaret MacDonald of Nine Mile Creek. He farmed in New Argyle for a few years then bought the Neil MacLean farm. Like his father, Laughie managed the lobster business for Lloyd Inman. The factory had shut down long before Laughie took over but he was responsible for getting supplies for the fishermen and buying their fish for Lloyd Inman. He was a staunch Liberal and ran unsuccessfully for the legislature. He was active in church, Lodge and community and was an able public speaker. He had two sons: Calvin who married Bertie MacNevin of Argyle Shore and died while living in Halifax; and Willard, who married Marion Ellis of Halifax. Marion died tragically in a house fire leaving a A History of Canoe Cove family of four. The children were: Allen, married to Elaine Doiron, lived in Toronto and died when a young man in a tractor trailer accident. Rand, lives in Truro, N.S. Kathy R.N. B.N., married John Darte, lives in Charlottetown. They have one girl, Jillian. Eileen (Christopher) lives in Charlottetown with her family. Donald (Dannie) married Mary MacEachern whose people came to the Cove from the Brae. They had no children. They lived on the Hugh Grant farm, (remember Mrs. Grant was his aunt) later sold it and moved to Charlottetown. Charles married Mary Belle Gerrard of New Argyle and they lived in her home. Charles died while a young man and Mary Belle bought the Neil MacFadyen house. She lived there with their two sons and daughter. Archibald was in the Army in World War II and while overseas he met and married Reta Moffat, sister of Clifford, who was also in the Army. They were married in a chapel in Westminster Abbey. As stated before they built a house and store at Big Donald's corner. After some years they moved to the States where Reta runs a nursing home. They had two children, Dennis and Susan, both married and living in the States. Charles married a registered nurse, Margaret Ross, from Flat River, and they live in Cornwall where he is a trucker. They have two daughters. Mary married Allan MacDonald of Rice Point and they have the following children: Charles, married with family lives in Rice Point, Norma is married and lives in Charlottetown. A History of Canoe Cove Linda, a registered nurse is married to Leon Furjan of Kingston, has a family and works at the Q.E. Hospital. John is with the Army in Ontario and is married with family. Twins Mark and Paul are at home. Erma MacNeill lives in Charlottetown. Mary, daughter of Big Donald married Muncey Gardiner of Cape Traverse. Catherine married Dougall (Peter) MacFadyen of Rice Point. Donald MacKinnon's farm was sold to Perley Shaw and the lovely old house burned down. The "Little Donald" MacDougall house was moved onto the site and is the Shaw family home. Dugald MacKinnon lived farther down the Cove. His son John married Margaret Elizabeth MacEachern, daughter of Neil. She was affectionately called Maggie Lizzie. His daughter, Bella, unmarried, lived there until her death. Johnny Dugald had two daughters, Sadie, who married Preston Sentner, a blacksmith, and lived near Charlotetown; and Mary Belle, who married Malcolm MacFadyen. Mack and Mary lived on the farm until Mary's death, then their son Glen took over the farm and now Glen's son Kerry is in business there. And so, we have Kerry, son of Glen, son of Mary Belle, daughter of John, son of Dugald in a continuous line of MacKinnon blood on this farm. John A. moved from DeSable to the lower end of the Cove. He was married to Annie MacLean and they had one daughter, Edna, who married a school teacher, Lester Cairns from Stanchel; and one son Harold, who remained on the farm and married Margaret MacLean. •4* A History of Canoe Cove Harold and Margaret had one son, Harry, and one daughter. Tragedy struck the family twice. John, warm from haying went to the shore to bathe. When he did not return as expected Harold went looking for him and found him dead in shallow water, apparently dead from a heart attack. Harold's daughter died when a toddler as a result of being accidentally scalded with hot fat. Harry, a heavy equipment operator as well as a farmer, married Rhoda Boyle of New Haven, a school teacher. They have two daughters, Caroline and Wendy. Edna's daughter, Annie, also a school teacher, is married to Ewen MacPhail of Argyle Shore. Of all the MacKinnons that lived in Canoe Cove, Harry is the only descendent with the MacKinnon name. THE MACLEANS. There are three parcels of MacLean land one after another in the 1880 Atlas. They are the Neil MacLean land which stayed in that family until it was sold to Sandy MacKenzie; the Alex MacLean parcel that was later owned by MacEacherns and the Arch. MacLean parcel that was bought by Neil MacNevin and is now owned by Charles MacNevin. Alexander came from the Isle of Mull in 1820. His wife was Euphemia MacLeod. In the 1880 Atlas the land belonged to his son Neil and young Alexander was the son of Neil. He married Catherine MacFadyen of Rice Point and they had eight sons and three daughters, John D., Peter, William, Neil, Nathanial, George, Ira, and Alexander. What details that are known of the family follow: John D. married Minerva Currie and moved to the Currie farm. John D. and Mary (Minerva) had three sons and three daughters. They were: A History of Canoe Cove Garfield, married Sadie Reeves of Freetown, moved to the States and Sadie died there. Garfield remarried and both he and his second wife died in the States. Garfield and Sadie had three sons, Richard, Lloyd and Calvin. Dick and his wife Mary have a cottage on land that was James Hall's and they spend their summers there. Richard married Mildred Larter of Hampshire. He learned the blacksmith trade and had a blacksmith shop in Hampshire for many years as well as doing horse shoeing for the race track. Their family was Ira, Freddie, Hilda, Rena and Jean. Dougall, who married Mamie Ward of Kingston, worked the family farm and fished lobsters. Dougall and Mamie had three girls and one boy. Minerva married Ray Bottomley of Toronto and moved to California, where Ray died not long ago. They had two children Sandi and Doug. Alberta married Frank Bowman of Ontario, and they live there with their son, Blair. Edith and Elvit live in the home place. Edith married Malcolm MacEachern of the Cove and moved to Charlottetown. Their family was Errol, Angus and Kay Carver. Kay's daughter, Gail, a registered nurse with her B.N. degree is married to Garfield MacLeod, son of Mary. Elaine, another grand daughter of Edith's is married to Norman MacPhee of Long Creek, and Wendy is married to John Havenga of New Argyle. Katie May married Kentford Scott of Clyde River and he died when their family was young. They were Freddie, Louise, Marie, Christena, Ruby and Aleta. Katie later married Mr. Steen from Ontario. Mary married George MacLeod of Long Creek. Their family were Rose, Edith, Verna, Bessie, Norman, Sterling, Alfred, Ivan and Garfield. William married Bella Currie, Minerva's sister. They 'ved in Fairview and had two sons and three daughters: A History of Canoe Cove Alexander was captain of a dredge. Dougal (now deceased), married Elva Gorveatt and they lived until recently in the home in Fairview. Their family is Russell (deceased), Merwyn (deceased), Owen, Wilbur, Larry, Eddie, Marlene, Sylvia, Karen and Crista. Mamie, married James Gorveatt and lives in Nine Mile Creek. Edith now deceased lived and worked in Charlottetown. Velma married Roy MacPhee and they farmed the MacPhee farm in the Cove. Details of her family will come under the MacPhees. Ira lived "away" for most of his life in British Columbia and Yukon. Alexander who had poor eyesight lived at home. Neil and his wife lived on the home farm later selling it to Sandy MacKenzie and moving to town. They had two daughters, Katherine and Verna Smith who live near Charlottetown. Other sons were Peter, Nathaniel and George. Janet and Euphemia died when very young. Christena married William MacKay and they spent some time in the States. When they came back they ran the store in the Cove for a few years and also lived at Long Creek. The house and buildings are gone and there is scarcely any inkling of where they lived. How sad it is when you think about a home that saw so many sheltered under its roof and provided sustenance for so many can disappear in a few years without a trace! Neil "Cooper" MacLean came from Nine Mile Creek and was the son of Alexander who was a cooper, (a barrel maker). He purchased the beautiful property that belonged to the MacNeills. It was a showplace with attractive grounds, a luscious orchard, well kept buildings and a white fence with high gates and A History of Canoe Cove everything as neat as a pin. Neil married Margaret Anne MacRae, daughter of Finlay, and they had four children, as follows: Laura married Alexander MacFadyen of Rice Point, and they later went to Detroit, Michigan. Annie, a school teacher, also later went to Detroit. Dannie married Katie Belle Campbell and farmed in the Cove, also spent some time in Detroit. They had two sons, Morris and Jerrold. Morris enlisted in the Navy during World War II, then married Lillian whose mother was a Cameron from Clyde River and her father a Wood from Alexandra. Morris was by then working in Michigan. Morris and Lil come home every summer for a visit to their kith and kin. Jerrold, an electrical inspector, lives with his wife, Dorothy, whom he met and married when he was working in Newfoundland. Half of Dannie's farm was sold to Duncan MacCannell and the other half later to Alex Darrach. Mrs Christiansen and her daughtter now own the house Nelson, Neil's other son married Elsie MacEachern, sold the farm to Laughlin MacKinnon and moved out West. Laughlin's son Willard owned the house, then his son Allen. On Allen's tragic death it was sold to Vincent Doiron and his wife Anne and they have made a superb job of restoring house and grounds to its former beauty. THE MACNEILLS. As previously noted Alexander MacNeill lived in the beautiful house on the Corner. His sons John A. and Alex were prominent doctors in Summerside. Another son Norman was a Baptist minister. Dr. John practised anesthesiology at the Prince County Hospital until the mid nineteen forties and often talked to me about his days in Canoe Cove. According to the 1880 Atlas a John MacNeill owned 75 acres at the New Argyle end of the property, so 't must have been at least 200 acres at one time. A History of Canoe Cove THE MACNEVINS (or MACNIVEN as they are still known in Scotland). Seven McNiven brothers came from the Isle of Coll in 1820 and all MacNevins on the Island, and who knows where else, are descended from these brothers. A MacNevin family tree has been prepared but it is incomplete and very hard to follow. For instance, there is practically nothing on Roderick MacNevin and that is a branch that we are very interested in because so many of our people belong to it. "One of the MacNevins of Islay says that the way his people got their name was this. Long ago there was a child found at the root of a tree and as nobody knew to whom it belonged they called it MacCraoibhn (the Son of Trees) and it was from that child that all MacNevins are descended". (Taken from The Highlander , Vol. 20, No. 1 Jan/Feb 1982). Roderick MacNiven, who married Flora MacKinnon, lived first in Fairview and later was established on the farm now owned by Milton MacNevin. The charming MacNevin home is a beautiful example of the architecture of the time. Roderick and Flora's family was: Neil, the Tailor, who married Annabelle MacNeill had one son James and a daughter Adelaide who died shortly afrer her marriage to John MacKinnon of DeSable. James married Mary MacFadyen, sister of John and Neil and they had the following family: Donald married Mary MacNevin of DeSable and lived on the farm next to his father. Dannie and Mary had a girl, Muriel, married to Hector Schirmer and they live in Charlottetown, and a son Charles who inherited the farm. Charles married Myrtle MacNeill of St. Catherine's whose grandmother A History of Canoe Cove was Roderick's daughter, Flora. Charles and Myrtle have three daughters: Nancy married Kenneth Thompson, and lives near Charlottetown with her family. Wanda is married to Kevin Pollard and they live across the road from her father with their family, Blair, Steven, Adam and Jonathan. Bonnie is married to David McCloskey and lives in Emyvale. James A. (Jay) married Florrie MacDonald of Rice Point and lived in the old Nicholson house. They had two daughters, Laura, who married Alexander MacNeill of Clyde River, and Ren a, who married Victor MacFadyen, son of Malcolm who was a nephew of Mary MacFadyen that married James MacNevin, Sr. Laura and Sandy's family are Sandra, Karen, Ruth, Donald, Terry, Alex, Angus and Allen. Rena's family are shown under the MacFadyens. Roderick married Helen MacDonald of Nine Mile Creek and farmed the Woolridge farm (Hugh MacLean farm in the 1880 Atlas) before moving to Charlottetown. They had two girls: Doris married Harold Scott, formerly of Cornwall, and after spending some years in the U.S.A. they have bought Julia Darrach's house. Elaine married to Donald MacLaine of Rice Point. Jessie married Charles MacDougall, son of Allan of Nine Mile Creek, and lived at New Haven where Charlie was an undertaker. When Charlie died Jessie moved to North River. They had one daughter Charlotte. Addie married Arthur Pollard, an undertaker at New Haven. When Art died Addie A History of Canoe Cove moved to Toronto. Addie and Art had the following family: Gertrude, Louis, Ruth, Sterling and Beryl all deceased. Living are Alger, Melville, Arthur, Dalvay, Jean, Wilma and Barbara. Mary married Garfield MacEachern from Rice Point, and lived in the Nicholson house. They had one daughter, Lois. Garfield died after not many years of marriage and Mary later married Selden Drake. They farmed for a time at West River Bridge and then moved to North River. Gertie married Neil Fletcher MacEachern of New Dominion and went to the States. Hilda went to the States and married Bill Watson. Milton married Georgetta MacNeill of Fairview and lives on the homestead. Their children are; Sterling on the homestead. Lloyd married Diane Lund of Charlottetown. They have three boys, Dwayne, Darcy and Jeremy. Lloyd and his family also live in the MacNevin home. Marion married Merwyn MacLean (deceased) and they had four daughters, Susanne, Dawne, Joanne and Wendy. Evelyn, married Blair Smith of Fairview, and their family is Darren, Kevin and Bonnie. Laurena married James MacLeod of Charlottetown and they have two boys, Steven and Jody. The MacPhee Brothers, Jamie and Barry bought some of the farm land and some of it is now a cottage developement, Scotia View Cottages. A History of Canoe Cove Hector MacNevin was born in St. Catherine's. He married Louisa MacKinnon and farmed the MacKinnon land. The story of Hector's father is a sad one. John, Hector's father, went to the States to look for work as so many did during those hard times, leaving his wife and family behind until he got settled. Unfortunately, he took ill and died a short time later and was buried there away from his beloved family. Pneumonia was the big killer in those days, long before the disvovery of antibiotics. Usually the stricken one just lived a few days. The details of Hector's son Hector's family is in the MacKinnon history. THE MACPHEES. John Archibald was a son of Ewen MacPhee from the Isle of Mull. He came to P.E.I, in 1821 and MacPhees have been on that farm ever since. This is the only farm in the Cove in which the land has stayed in a family of the same name. Sometimes the farm stayed in the family through the mother's blood line or the house has stayed in the name, but not the land. However, the MacPhees have not only kept their land intact, they have added to it. Most of the land that has been sold in Canoe Cove now belongs to Aike Wilting of MeadowBank who is of Dutch parentage. Hugh was the son of John Archibald and Margaret Ellen, and his wife was Flora MacPhail of Clyde River. Their son, Archibald married Mary MacKay of DeSable and their family was: Daniel who married Mary MacEachern Flora who spent most of her life in the States, was buried on the Island Kate married George MacDougall, they lived in the States. Their daughter, Ida, married Earl MacKenzie, brother of Sandy and Jim, and they had three daughters: Erma who married Harold Betts (deceased) and lives near Charlottetown. Eileen married Dr. Burton Howatt and A History of Canoe Cove they live in Bunbury. Earla married a British native and lives in Scotland. Sadie married John Howatt from the Tryon area. Margaret married Silas Murley of Argyle Shore, They had a son Archie (deceased). Belle married Dan MacFadyen. Hugh married Annie Inman, daughter of David of Canoe Cove and they stayed on the family farm. Hughie and Annie's family was: Roy married Velma MacLean, daughter of William of Fairview, and they farmed the MacPhee farm. Their family is: Barry, married Heather Lund of Charlottetown, farms the family farm and they have two children, Michael and Margo. Barry and Heather built a new house across from the family home. David, married Susan Blois of Nova Scotia and works in Halifax. They have one daughter, Katie. Jamie maried Fay MacLean of the Clyde River MacLeans and they also farm the family farm. They live in the farmhouse while Velma lives in a mini home beside them. Daniel married Mary MacKenzie, daughter of Jim, and farmed what was the Donald MacDugald farm in the 1880 Atlas. They also bought the Woolridge farm which had been owned by Rodolph MacDonald. Their family is: Cheryl married Blair MacEwen of Long Creek and they have three children, Andrew, Loralee and Joanne. Donna married James Frizzell, they live near Charlottetown and have two children, Marjorie and Heather. A History of Canoe Cove Penny married James' brother, Gordon, and they have two children, Byron and Pauline. Paul married Betty Smith of Charlottetown, has his own drywall contracting business and they have two children, Shawn and Michelle. When the family home was sold Paul built a comfortable and attractive home for Mary next to his on the MacPhee land. Fraser married Mary Power and they live in Tea Hill. Their children are Corey and Nicolle. Fred married, married Glenda Farrar of Appin Road and they live in Canoe Cove and they have two children, Bethany and Brodie. Katie married Bert MacPhail of Argyle Shore and died when the children were very young. Her family was Anna (Winsor), Audrey (Wright), Ewen, Edwin, Burroughs and Lloyd. Mamie went to the States and married Cecil Cook. Florence married William Potts of Bonshaw and her family is Carl and Noel both of whom farm the family farm. Noel married Elaine Cairns and they have two children Amanda and Andrew. Carl was married and has one boy David, who has just earned his Engineering diploma. Clara married Robert MacQuarrie of Bonshaw. Their family is: Boyd married Sheila Holmes (deceased); Norma married to John Yeo, lives in Dartmouth; Allan married to Coleen Curley lives at home and Florence Wall of Mount Herbert. THE MACQUARRIES. James and his sister lived many years ago in a little house on what had been the Duncan Darrach land. James came from Nova Scotia, presumably to fish obsters or to work in the factory, and nothing else is known of them. The house is long gone. A History of Canoe Cove THE MACRAES. Farquhar and his wife Margaret came from Kintail, Scotland in 1834, Margaret was a MacRae from Glenelg. They had several children before coming to P.E.I, one of whom was Finlay. While Farquhar was waiting for his house to be built in Bonshaw they stayed with the Stewarts at Strathgartney. They probably bought their land from the Stewarts. When Finlay grew up he bought a farm in the Cove from Coun MacKinnon and lived in a log house until the lovely old MacRae homestead was built. Like many other Scots settlers Finlay was an Elder in the church and could pray in both Gaelic and English. Finlay married Anne MacNevin, daughter of Roderick and raised a large family who were: Roderick, the oldest inherited the family farm, married Flora Ann Campbell, daughter of Neil Campbell of Argyle Shore, and had a family of four girls: Flora married Francis MacDougall, and they went to live in the Farquhar MacRae house. After Roderick died they farmed the family farm. Helen, a school teacher married Fred Hickox from Bonshaw. They farmed for a few years at West River Bridge then moved to Parkdale where they still live. Their family is Roderick, Freddie, Faye MacKinnon, Anne, Ronald, Donald and Cynthia. Donald owns the MacRae homestead. Annie (Bee) stayed at home to care for her parents and Mary, a hairdresser, lived most of the time in town. Kenneth married Florence Rogerson and moved to the Rogerson home. Kenneth and Florence had a large family and as so often happened in those days Florence died when the children were young. Their family was: Annie, who when a child, apparently hurt her leg which got infected and was subsequently A History of Canoe Cove amputated. This was the only treatment in those days before antibiotics. She was handicapped from her early teens and died at 29 years of age, a few months after her father had died. Roland, unmarried, lived the most of his life in Nova Scotia and Ontario, died at age 58. Jennie Belle married Alexander Baillie from Nova Scotia and went there to live. She died at 34, leaving two sons, MacLennan and Alexander. Alex now lives in the Cove. MacLennan, who lived in Ontario with his wife Leona died a few years ago. Finley, unmarried, lived on P.E.I, most of his life. Gladys, married William Rogerson of New Haven, and lived there until his death. Then she sold the farm and bought the Sandy Campell house. She had one daughter, Florence, married to John MacCannell. Donald, when overseas during the last War, married Annie Allan of Glasgow, and after his discharge from the army bought a farm in Kingston. They had one son Allan who lives in his father's house in Kingston. Of all the MacRaes of Finlay's family Allan and his sons are the only descendents of the name on the Island. Indeed there is only one other male cousin, Dr. Donald MacRae of Toronto and his sons of the MacRae name. Allan has two sons, Kenneth and Greg, so Kenneth's lineage (or Greg's) is Kenneth, son of Allan, son of Donald, son of Kenneth, son of Finlay, son of Farquhar, son of Alexander, son of John, son of Farquhar, son of Murdoch, son of Duncan, son of Muireach Fial (Maurice the Generous), son of another Maurice. This takes us back to about 1530. lam indebted to Dr. Donald MacRae for the last information. Dan and Anne also had three girls: Elsie married Ron Clark of Long Creek and they live there with their daughter, Lori Dawn. Jean married Elmer Pineau, and A History of Canoe Cove they live near Charlottetown with their family, Rhonda, Tracey, Alanna and Jessica Anne. Helen married Waldon Parsons of Breadalbane and they have one daughter, Heather. Alberta Eunice went to Ontario at an early age, married Garnet Cowie and following his death married Elmer Risley. She died a few years ago. Kenneth, lived in Nova Scotia most of his life, died in 1988. Neil Roderick, named for Neil, the tailor, MacNevin, his grand uncle, served overseas in WW II. Roy spent most of his life in Nova Scotia, married Elizabeth MacKenzie and died a few years ago. Donald Alexander appears to have been best known as a lawyer but he distinguished himself in other fields. His degrees were Q.C. B.A., LL.D.(Dalhousie), M.A. Ph.D. (Cornell). It was through his own efforts more than the school system that he obtained his early education. He was Instructor of Greek at Cornell University, and a preceptor in the Classics at Princton University. He was Dean of Dalhousie Law School and lectured at Osgood Hall Law School. He also was instrumental in forming the Rotary Club and in drawing up its charter. He married Laura Barnstead and they had one daughter, Jean who married Henry Borden, nephew of Sir Robert L. and one son, Dr. Donald Alexander who married Betty Malcolm. They live in Toronto, their families grown. Farquhar married Annie "Gypsy" Fisher from Nova Scotia, had a general store and lobster cannery. Later he was associated with Earle Fisheries. He had two children, Richard, who died in Ottawa during the first World War; and Ruth who married Billy Campbell from Nine Mile Creek, and moved to Ontario. Later in life Farquhar married Martha Walker and they lived in Charlottetown. A History of Canoe Cove Annie was a school teacher and married Jerrold MacLean whose family was a partner in the MacLean MacKinnon Foundry of long ago. They had two children Agnes and Douglas. Douglas and his family have been visiting the Island each summer for a number of years. Annabelle married Albert MacDougall and lived in Argyle Shore. Their family was Laura who married Gordon Inman and went to the States to live; Rose who married Jim Richardson of Toronto and formerly of Scotland, lived in Toronto with their two children, Jeanie and James; and John Albert who married Mary MacKay and lived on the home farm. Their family was Morris, Elsie (Murray) and Jean (MacDonald). Flora married Neil MacNeill of Nine Mile Creek and had a family of ten who were: Annie Mae, Louise, Kenneth Rae, Margaret, William, Ada (Mrs. Charles MacEachern), Annabelle (Mrs. Wesley MacDougall), Sarah, Frederick and Donald Alexander. Margaret Anne married Neil MacLean and her family is given in the Neil MacLean notes. Neil Charles married Eva Boutelier in Nova Scotia and he and his wife died there when the children were very small. They were: Evelyn (McMurrer), now living in Charlottetown, who was raised at Stewart Inmans; Enid (Cobb) who lived with her Uncle Roderick; and Anne (MacLeod) who was only about three when she went to live with her Aunt Geneva in Rhode Island, U.S.A. Christena went to the States, trained to be a nurse and spent the rest of her life there. Mary also a registered nurse, married William Drake of Pownal and they lived on the Drake A History of Canoe Cove homestead. They had two daughters and one son: Helen a school teacher married the Rev. Elmer Ashley and lives in Ontario. They have one daughter Dr. Mary Jane Chamberlain, a Cancer Specialist. About the same time that Mary Jane got her M.D. Helen was successful in getting her Ph.D. Charlotte married John MacEachern, had two boys Allison and Ian, lived in Charlottetown and later in Vancouver, both died there. Finlay married Jennie Barwise and they farm the family farm. Finlay and Jennie's family is: Donald, who is married to Wanita Howatt and they live in a new house on the farm; Janeth, married to Brian Crosby live across the road from Donald; Marion, working with the Department of Agriculture and Margaret, who is going to Agricultural College in Truro. Finlay, a carpenter, unmarried, died in Detroit, Michigan. John MacRae, called Bully Jack, lived on the farm that was bought by Michael MacDonald, probably distantly related to Finlay. They moved to Cape Breton. THE MCANDREWS. Shaun, son of Jack and Barbara Tuck McAndrew bought the Sandy Campell place from Anne MacCannell Chapman. He is married to Lois Stewart from Montague (but with roots in Fairview) and they have three children, Brittany, Roland and Stewart. THE PARRYS. Robert and Heather, from Ontario, bought the Dan MacPhee house. THE POLLARDS. Kevin, grandson of Arthur Pollard that married Addie MacNevin married Wanda MacNevin, daughter of Charles as stated in the MacNevin history. A History of Canoe Cove THE ROCKWELLS. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rockwell bought a house from Joe MacKenzie and they live there with their family. THE RODGERS. George, a close friend of the Chester MacDonalds, retired from Ontario and bought the Jim MacKenzie house. After he got nicely established in the Cove he married Irene also of Ontario. THR ROGERSONS. Richard Rogerson came from Dumfries, Scotland with his father John in 1840. John's farm was located in Lot 30 according to The Island Magazine (Glen, 1991). He married Judith Simmons from Crapaud and apparently bought land from Big Donald's father and built a house there. He was a blacksmith and his shop was beside Neil MacEachern's house, evidently on the MacLean land or perhaps it was MacNeill's then. His family was: Leonard who married Hannah (MacNevin?) from the Brae area and lived there. Robert who lived with his sister, Edith Anne Currie. Artemus bought a farm belonging to Colin MacEachern, across from what is now Charles MacNevin's and married Annie MacPhee from St. Catherine's. Annie's son George an intelligent man, became a lawyer, a judge and a Member of Parliament for Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Artie and Annie had two sons and one daughter: Richard enlisted and was killed in the First World War. Earl had also enlisted, married Katie MacNeill from DeSable and went to Summerside to live after the war. Earl and Katie had two sons, Richard and Walter. Myrtle married Henry Campbell from Nine Mile Creek and they had one child which died in A History of Canoe Cove infancy from a mastoid infection. Myrtle also died when a young woman. Edith Anne married Dugald Currie, as noted under the Curries. Florence married Kenneth MacRae as stated under the MacRaes. Phoebe went to the States and married Donald MacFadyen. Alberta also went to the States and married there. The Richard Rogerson house is long gone and the lot reunited with the MacKinnon land that now belongs to Lester Shaw. The Artemus Rogerson house is gone and Charles MacNevin owns the land. - There are no Rogersons left in Canoe Cove but Velma MacPhee, Florence MacCannell, Elvit and Edith MacLean are descendents. SAMUELSON. Jodee Samuelson is a very gifted lady, as I mentioned before. She teaches art at the Confederation Centre but more prestigious is the award she won for her film making. That she is an expert in the art of film making is attested to by the fact that she won the Linda Joy Busby Arts Foundation Award in 1990. THE SHAWS. Gus and Louise Shaw moved from Bloomfield to the Ewen MacKinnon farm in the early 1940's. What was remarkable about this family was that there were eleven sons and ten of them served in the Armed Forces during World War II, as well as a brother in law. All survived and after the war Gordon took over the farm from Gus, later seling it to Cecil MacKenzie. Perley, Gus' son bought the Big Donald farm after the war. He married Ruth Costain and they raised a large family. A History of Canoe Cove Lester married Kay Cullen of Charlottetown and they live with their family on the shore side of the road on the Shaw farm. Terry married Brenda Stewart and they live below Perley on the Shaw farm. They have two girls and a boy. Hazel married Pius Doucette and they and their family live above Perley. Dorothy (Doucette) and her family also live near Hazel. Sumner and his wife and family live near Morell. Uttley lives at home. Susan Watson lives in New Argyle. Judy married Ian Stretch and lives with their family in St. Catherines. Sherry is married to Robert Simmonds and lives in Cumberland. Darlene (MacNevin) lives in Charlottetown. Norman like his father and uncles joined the Navy where he is an Instructor. He is married with family and is stationed near Halifax. THE TAYLORS. Donnie and Patty Lynn Taylor bought a house on the MacNevin land and have two children. Patti is adept at handicrafts. THE THOMASES. Leigh who married Pauline MacKenzie lived for a time on the Ewen MacKinnon farm, later selling it and building a house in Long Creek. Their children are Billy, Danny, Lori, Peter and Cecil. Cecil has a house on the Dan MacPhee property. THEWHIPPLES. Anne Marie lives in a mini-home near MacPhees. We were all greatly saddened when her husband Ronald was drowned while fishing trout in 1990. TWEWOOLRIDGES. Long ago Woolridges owned the farm that Rodolph MacDonald bought after the war and later sold to Dan MacPhee. S9" A History of Canoe Cove These are the people that live here all year around and the ones that lived before them. In the summer the population doubles as the people who own or rent cottages come back year after year to refresh themselves at our beautiful shore with its uncrowded beaches and warm water. All find our Cove beautiful but many are drawn back to kith and kin with their roots deep in their Scottish heritage. I have pictured the people for the most part as gently and God fearing, and they were all of that but they were not saints. Scots being fond of the dram indulged in the past as much or more than they do today, with the same results as today. Scots being independent and hot tempered "fell out" with other Scots over things of the day, maybe stray animals or line fences. Scots being passionate, there were the same social problems. Divorce was unheard of, and it was a brave woman and one who got little sympathy if she left her husband, regardless of her home situation. In retrospect, the people seemed more moral than they do today but the apple does not fall far from the tree. A History of Canoe Cove Sources Illustrated Historical Atlas of the Province of Prince Edward Island.. J.H.Meacham and Company, Philadelphia, 1880. Violet MacEachern and Arlene MacDougall, On the Banks of the Eliot. Irwin Printing, 1973. Eva MacNevin. Brae History. 1973. Williams and Crue. Lome Callbeck, Cradle of Confederation. Brunswick Press, 1964. David Craig, On the Crofter's Trail. Jonathan Cope Ltd., London, 1990. Atlas of Province of P.E.I. Cummins Map Co. 1928. R.C. Tuck, The Island Family Harris, Ragweed Press, 1983. David Weale, "The Minister" The Reverend Donald MacJQojaaid.The Island Magazine, No. 3 - P.E.I. Heritage Foundation, 1977 I Addenda and Errata Factories, Mills and Other Businesses page 35 Dugald MacDougall operated a lime kiln for a time on the corner where Donald MacKinnon's lane met the Canoe Cove Road. This was a small operation and was not for the general public. The People THE MACCANNELLS page 64 Duncan MacCannell was also a "dowser". That is, using a forked stick he could tell where one could dig a well and get water. I recall about forty five years ago someone whose name escapes me came to him to find a likely place to dig a well which Duncan did successfully. With the well digging equipment available today dowsers are not needed and one never hears tell of them. THE MACDONALDS page 66 Cleve, after being discharged from the army bought the Simon Taylor farm. Not much is known about Simon Taylor except that he was a bachelor and lived with his sister Martha. THE MACRAES Page 93 Allan married Shirley Larter of Charlottetown. Page 94 farquhar had three children. Darrell married Flora Cameron of Clyde River. They lived in Detroit, Michigan. Page 96 •John MacRae had a child that fell into a well on the Property and drown but no other definite details are known of the tragedy. 661020 LIBRARY USE ONLH LIBRARY USE ONLY