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MacIsaacs, MacNeills and MacPhees were among the early settlers.

The first school was on property owned by Daniel MacNeill and the present one is on land formerly owned by Peter MacPhee and later by J. D. MacIsaac.

The owners of a lobster factory here were J. D. MacIsaac and D. J. MacIsaac.

The post office was at Daniel MacNeills.

North Lake and Lakeville

North Lake Harbour is the home port of one of the largest lobster inshore fishing fleets on the Island. Over one hundred fishing boats operate from here.

Inside the harbour is North Lake. Its principal source is a large spring at Fountain Head and it is fed by the Millstream. The lake was fresh water until 1917 when a storm broke open North Lake Harbour a little farther east than the present one making it

a salt water lake for over half a century. It is noted for its trout fishing, especially in the first two or three months of spring and early summer. Anglers come year after year from near

and far to pit their skill against the wily and game beauties.

Eels are speared through the ice, especially in its first formation, as a great thickness of ice makes for much cutting of holes under difficult conditions.

Smelts are a habitant and years ago, quite a thriving industry existed in this phase of fisheries, but owing to the lack of sport in this type of fishing and the demand and price becoming low it has almost become a thing of the past.

Mussel mud was taken from the bottom of the lake in fairly large quantities in the early 1900's by James Murphy of East Baltic using an ingenious framestructure and home—made shovel that

could be lowered to a reasonable depth. The motive power was horses.

Between the years 1925 and 1930 ice boat sailing was common. Quite a few speedy boats were built here.

In building an ice boat, the broad end was front. It had two runners at front and one at back. It was a thrilling sport to fly up and down the lake on smooth ice with a brisk breeze.

Reggie Rose had the speediest boat and was the best skipper. Neil MacPhee was a close second.

After the channel broke out in December 7, 1917 a trio com— posed of Hughes, Quinn and MacMillan secured a contract on