References

It would appear from the above descrip- tion that Neil MacDonald’s Wharf was on Souris River in Lot 44 adjoining land owned by Cunard. Although Cunard owned land on the northern half of Lot 45 as well, he never owned land in Souris East, the southern half of Lot 45 where the East Pac Wharf is located.

H.D. McLean, who managed the fishery business for Matthew & McLean Limited, told George A. Leard he had heard that, in the beginning, John Knight had a fish stand on a flat rock on the shore in the vicinity of the Matthew & McLean Limited Wharf.

We acknowledge that we have not been able to solve the mystery of the Knight Wharf. We leave that to the next writers of Soulis' history.

See Leard Papers, Reel 13 Breakwater, for George A. Leard’s own comments on the Knight Wharf.

7 Leard Papers, Reel 6 Knight. See also Reel 1A Knight genealogy.

3 Leard Papers, Reel 14 Merchants. Royal Gazette, December 13, 1836.

‘ Leard Papers, Reel 6 Knight. Islander, December 20, 1845.

5 Leard Papers, Reel 13 Knight. After the death of his first wife, John Knight mar- ried Amelia MacDonald in October 1850. Her obituary is in Patriot, April 20, 1903.

‘ Leard Papers, Reel 6 Knight.

7 Leard Papers, Reel 13 Knight. Interview with H. D. McLean.

5 Leard Papers, Reel 6 Knight. This mate- rial is in the speech by Hon. Melvin McQuaid at the unveiling of the plaque in honour of John Knight as founder of the Town of Souris, in the ceremony 1961.

9 Leard Papers, Reel 2 Beaton.

1° See Lake Map of 1863 of Lot 45. P.A.P.E.I. Lake map from survey by DJ. lake and HS. Peck civil engineers, 1861.

” Leard Papers, Reel 2 Beaten. Hand bill preserved in Carlton House formerly owned by Donald Beaten.

'2 Ibid. House built c. 1851. Sold in 1888 to Caleb Carlton Sr.

'3 Ibid. Donald Beaten letters to Captain Michael Lavie in possession of Lavie family.

1‘ Land Register Liber 3, Folio 222. This sec- tion of land south of Main Street from the present parish hall to the corner at Church Avenue became known as the Connolly Block.

‘5 Donald Beaten biography on loan from Leo Cheverle of East Point.

The Breakwater and the Railway: "5 Royal Gazette, September 19, 1866. '7 Journal of House of Assembly, 1869. "l Alberton Pioneer, July 14, 1877. '9 Charlottetown Herald, November 22, 1893.

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George A. Leard, “Souris Harbour”, His- toric Highlights, 1955, Historical Society of Prince Edward Island. p. 46.

Leard Papers, Reel 15 Wrecks.

Ibid.

Interview with Jack Cantwell, July, 1978. Jack, who knew a great deal about Souris history, hung the storm signals for many years.

Leard Papers, Reel 14 Lighthouse.

Ibid. Reel 14 under Railway and Reel 8 under Prince Edward Island Railway (filed under “P"). This newspaper article, un- dated, was in Dr. Ephraim Muttart’s scrapbook.

Daily Examiner, January 4, 1875.

F.W.P. Bolger, “The Coy Maiden Resists, 1867-1872”, Canada’s Smallest Province, ed. Francis W. P. Bolger, 1973, John Deyell Company, p. 204.

Leard Papers, Reel 8 Prince Edward Island Railway.

Daily Examiner, January 3, 1882.

NOTE: The magazine “Canadian Rail" No. 382 September-October, 1984, contains a feature acticle on the P.E.I. Railway. It is published bi-monthly by the Canadian Historical Association, P.O. Box 148, St. Constant, P.Q. JOL 1X0.

The above edition was very helpful in writing the brief sketch of the railway at Souris.

Land Register Liber 4, Folio 685, regis- tered November 22, 1878.

After Prince Edward Island joined Con- federation, Thomas Swinyard was sent by the Federal Government to inspect the P.E.I. Railway and facilities. He wrote up reports to the Hon. The Minister of Public Works.

Leard Papers, Reel 14 Railway.

[Eater Merchants and Other Occupa- t one:

Marven Moore, “The Island and the Reci- procity Treaty of 1854", Exploring Island History, ed. Harry Baglole, Ragweed Press, Belfast, P.E.I., 1977. p. 159.

MacKinnon and Warburton, p. 100-101. Leard Papers, Reel 9 Saville. Captain Saville and two of his brothers-in-law were later lost in his schooner off East Point in February 1873.

Royal Gazette, December 23, 1859. See also Lake Map of 1863.

George A. Leard, Claws, Tales and Tomally, Prince Edward Island Heritage Foundation, 1975. p. 6.

Leard Papers, Reel 14 McLauchlan and Reel 15 Stores.

Leard Papers, Reel 14 Merchants and Reel 15 Stores.

beard Papers, Reel 13 Fires.

Leard Papers, Reel 15 Stores. MacDonald and Murphy had a store in this location