still stands, and the smaller part to a nearby farm. The latter part burned shortly after. Its attic may have still held Father Gauthier's trunk which contained a letter to Father Gauthier from Louis Riel , the Metis founder of the Province of Manitoba . World War II brought a higher level of prosperity and plans were started for the Mission Church at Miminegash , built in 1946. The new steam heating system was installed in 1950. NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS After World War II, prosperity accelerated with the develop¬ ment of the Irish Moss Industry, improved prices for lobsters, and discovery of scallop beds. A larger number of families were able to remain in the area. Farming also recovered from the trough of the Depression but in a different form with fewer and larger farms, but less total acreage (census figures show less cleared land on P.E.I , in 1991 than in 1891.) Large scale potato production and the accompanying beef production, provide some employment but a lot of the land is rented to large producers from other areas whose employees come from all over . Recently a strawberry plant producer pumped a brook dry with its irrigation system! t ■''.■' ;■■¥■ : "■ ■ '" "'■ ■•'. ..''■.'■■ . ■ m ■ "■' Aerial view, 1950's. Note chimney affront. 36