"ALTAR AND LAMPS" Immediately after his transfer to in 1902, Rev. Pierre Celestin Gauthier, (descendent of the famous "patriot" Nicholas Gauthier and the "coureur le bois", Pierre Gauthier ) a native of North Rustico , completed the furnishing of the recently built church. The December 17, 1903 copy of VImpartial has this item: The parish of Immaculate Conception , , is buying twelve magnificent lamps for use in the church, as well as a beautiful altar which will be put in place for Midnight Mass. " It seems strange that the large and resplendent altar, with its matching side altars, would be mentioned almost as an after¬ thought. However, this slight was rectified when the same paper announced on March 3, 1904: "On Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Morrison of Charlottetown was at and blessed the new altar recently installed in this church. This new and magnificent orna¬ ment does honor to the parish." These altars are still in mint condition today. A new mass, altar was built recently by the present caretaker, Leroy Doucette (from parts of the old altar rail.) A beautiful centrepiece, a copy of the Lamb of God centerpiece on the original altar, was carved by David Broderick of Alberton - whose ancestors once lived near Miminegash . The original altar builder is not known for certain but seems likely to have been Bernard Creamer of Souris , who is known to have built the oak pulpit which can be seen in the interior view of 1910. Mr. Creamer was well known by 1900 for the woodwork from his shop near Souris ( Chepstow ) and for already building altars in Kings County, at Kinkora (1903), , and the . There is a statement on the Diocesan Inventory of 1977 sent in by Mrs. John J. Gaudet that he was the builder because of the striking similarity to the Kinkora altar. The description quoted in the recently published History would almost fit the altar - except that this one is larger and has matching side altars. Creamer's grandson, Peter 21