A History of Canoe Cove to transport passengers and goods between Charlottetown and Bonshaw . Duncan MacCannell was also a boat builder and worked with Spurgeon Hickox of Bonshaw . They built the fishing boat used for many years by Duncan's son John. Francis MacDougall who bought the Farquhar MacRae place built potato graders in his shop. He also made lawn furniture. So you see our Cove had her successful business men and not one penny of government money was used. When times changed and a particular operation ceased the owner gathered his resources and talents together and made a success somewhere else. Let us not forget the women in all of this. Long ago the women were expert in spinning, weaving, knitting, candle making, soap making, and in whatever else was needed for everyday life. To name one, Mrs. Dougald MacDougall was an excellent weaver of blankets, some of which are still in use today perhaps eighty years later. A beautiful white candlewick bed spread dated 1906 with the initials L.M.C . and made in the MacDougall home is still in good condition. Who was L. M. C ? Custom weaving was done at Corner by two MacCannell sisters, Jessie and Lucy. Incidentally, there is a loom in the Vincent Doiron attic that must have been for the personal use of the MacLean's or the MacNeill's. Another more mundane task that was sometimes done by the women was the knitting of heads (netting) for the lobster traps. Mrs. John M. Stewart used to knit the heads for fishermen with the strong cotton twine that they supplied. Today nylon twine is used and fishermen knit their own or get them by some other means.