in the U.S.A. Matilda married John Herring and settled on Machon's Point . She is mentioned in the Frank Herring family in this book. The houses and all the buildings have long been removed. In later life, Benjamin and Annie moved to Murray Harbour North , where they spent their later life. The land from whence Wilfred MacNeil moved his house at Beach Point , is now owned by Ellie Hume . He has erected a very attractive little home there. THE EARLY SETTLERS OF BEACH POINT , PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND is a high and lofty point of land situated in King's County on the southern tip of Prince Edward Island , Canada . It is densely wooded with spruce, hemlock, pine and many other beautiful trees, except for a clearing at its peak, where one can park cars; with an excellent road leading up to this plateau. There is a beautiful panorama from this point, on a clear day one can see as far as , the Nova Scotia land and , north lies Souris and the land extending north¬ ward to Murray Harbour commands another scenic view. At present the road is impassable for cars due to heavy snow and rain. To the south, there is a babbling brook which flows from a pond located in the Abney district approximately four or five miles west of here. At one time, lobster factories flourished near this brook. William Lamont canned lobsters there in the early 1900's. Later, Freeman Hewitt , of Lower Montague also had a factory there. A cook house was provided to supply food for the men who lived in what was then known as "Shan¬ ties". The "Reef", one of the best lobster fishing grounds is near by, so the men did not have far to go. Many local boys and girls were employed in this factory. North of the "Cape", approximately one or two miles, is Beach Point . Years ago, it was a wide sandy beach. Between the Beach and Hume's Point , a large creek emptied into a pond. This was known as . A small vessel could sail into this pond, and the fishermen used to anchor their boats there, but with the passing of the years and the changing of the tides, the creek changed its course, finally, the pond became very small. During the winter, good skating was enjoyed on the pond. On frigid days, when the ice was very thick, one could adjust their skates while on shore and skate seven miles north west up to Murray River . Murray River flows north and forks off below Machon's Point . On the south, one tributary flows to Murray Harbour and beyond the bridge up to Abney , another tributary of this river flows up to Murray River and still another to the north to Clow's wharf in Murray Harbour North . There are three points, Machon's, Sharams and MacKays. On the north 13