McNEVIN / McPHAIL / SALMOND 's SAWMILL Circa 1946, Stewart McNevin , Neil McPhail and Neil Salmond formed a partnership to operate a sawmill in conjunction with the fish packing plant. Neil McPhail was the sawyer and Neil Salmond was in charge of the woods crew. The mill was located where Sheldon McNevin 's house is today. It had a circular saw powered by a tractor, but no planer so produced only rough sawn lumber. The mill operated in the summers until about 1953. It is believed that this mill produced some of the lumber for the church (43). SHIP/BOAT BUILDING While the ship building period in Bonshaw , as described in Chapter I, ended in the 1860s, boats were still being built in the community up until at least 1936. The " Hazel Ruth ", a 40.9 foot vessel with a registered tonnage of 10.6 tons was launched in 1915 in Bonshaw . She was built by John S. Misner of Stanhope and spent her whole life on the West River , for themost part moving supplies and people between Charlottetown and various locations on the West River (1). (Chapter V provides more information regarding the River transportation and the boats.) the " Hazel Ruth " circa 1920? courtesy of Eric Ferguson SpurgeonHickox built the " Mary J. Arthur " in 1927, and the " R.C.M.P.D 10" in 1936 (2,3,4). Lester Hickox believes that the last boat built in Bonshaw was the "Sea Witch" and it was sold to the RCMP. (It is very probable that the "Sea Witch" and the "RCMP D 10" are the same vessel and that Spurgeon used the "Sea Witch" for a couple of years then registered it before selling it to the RCMP (42)). 59