saying that Solomon Inc. is attempting to purchase a one-acre parcel plus right-of—way from Mr. William Christian that is ideally located and will give good access to the shore.

The province granted preliminary approval to the project and this was challenged before the Land Use Commission by the Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island. This also rang alarm bells in the minds of some of the people who lived in the area. They set in motion a petition and the names of 900 people were collected opposing the plan. Local residents, Rheo Rochon, Brad Oliver, and Gary Schneider also spoke up at the hearing in opposition.

Because of the opposition to the approval, studies that had been done in the past were revived. The movement and buildup of sand was important in the plan to build a causeway and the developer engaged consulting engineers to plot out shoreline changes from 1935 to 1987 using aerial photos. The result of uncertainty of results of construction of a fixed causeway led the company to decide for crossings by boat.

A surveys-crew came to the island and spent several months of the year 1988 and ” the entire | s l a n d , except for the part set aside as a heron c o | o n y w a s carved into 47 waterfront lots with areas for recreation and other activities that would appeal to a vacationing population. The plan of the survey gives the dates of the survey as June to October of that year which gives some indication of the size of the job.

The Canadian Coast Guard replied to Solomon Inc. Oct. 12, 1988, giving the OK for the construction of two floating timber docks, one at Launching and one on Boughton island, declaring the work will not interfere substantially with navigation. C o n st r u ct i o n of the Boughton Island terminal of the crossing from the landing

purchased from William Christian went ahead. The following spring 93