A History of Hector MacNevin was born in St. Catherine's. He married Louisa MacKinnon and farmed the MacKinnon land. The story of Hector's father is a sad one. John, Hector's father, went to the States to look for work as so many did during those hard times, leaving his wife and family behind until he got settled. Unfortunately, he took ill and died a short time later and was buried there away from his beloved family. Pneumonia was the big killer in those days, long before the disvovery of antibiotics. Usually the stricken one just lived a few days. The details of Hector's son Hector's family is in the MacKinnon history. THE MACPHEES. John Archibald was a son of Ewen MacPhee from the Isle of Mull. He came to P.E.I , in 1821 and MacPhees have been on that farm ever since. This is the only farm in the Cove in which the land has stayed in a family of the same name. Sometimes the farm stayed in the family through the mother's blood line or the house has stayed in the name, but not the land. However, the MacPhees have not only kept their land intact, they have added to it. Most of the land that has been sold in Canoe Cove now belongs to Aike Wilting of MeadowBank who is of Dutch parentage. Hugh was the son of John Archibald and Margaret Ellen, and his wife was Flora MacPhail of Clyde River . Their son, Archibald married Mary MacKay of DeSable and their family was: Daniel who married Mary MacEachern Flora who spent most of her life in the States, was buried on the Island Kate married George MacDougall , they lived in the States. Their daughter, Ida, married Earl MacKenzie, brother of Sandy and Jim, and they had three daughters: Erma who married Harold Betts (deceased) and lives near Charlottetown . Eileen married Dr. Burton Howatt and