the "Sea Witch" circa 1935 courtesy of Lester Hickox The " Mary J. Arthur " was 52 feet long with a breadth of 13.6 feet and a registered tonnage of 20.5 tons. She was powered by a 20 horsepower 2 cylinder engine (2). This was in contrast to the RCMP boat which was 38.4 feet long with breadth of 8.05 feet and a registered tonnage of 5.4 tons which was powered by an eight cylinder 120 horsepower engine (3). Neither of these vessels stayed long in Bonshaw after their launch. The " Mary J. Arthur " was owned by Charles Moore of Bridge but after his death in 1929, his widow sold the boat to a James Stanley of Pictou, Nova Scotia (2). TANNERY Alexander Robertson was noted in "The Past and Present of P.E.I. " (cl906) as having taken up the business of tanning and shoe manufacture (5). The 1863 "Lake" map showed a tannery in Bonshaw on the property of Alexander (6). The 1864 directory noted that Alexander had a tannery and shoe factory. (Did the 3 shoemakers noted that year all work for him, as well as Duncan McEachern a tanner, and James Murray a tanner and currier?) (7). Alexander sold a building lot to the Presbyterian Church in 1863 and the deed showed a private road leading from the bridge west, beside the church site, to where Blois Ferguson 's barn now stands (Was this barn the tannery and shoe factory?) (8). The 1870 directory listed Alexander as a tanner and farmer. The 1871 issue noted him as a boot and shoe manufacturer, tanner and farmer (9,10). In the 1880 Atlas and the 1880 directory, Alexander was noted as merchant, farmer and post master indicating that the tannery and boot and shoe factory had closed (11,12). 60