m 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 lnman, son of David, built a boat “The Derry" at his father’s shore. He used this boat for many years

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