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     East Point 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first settlers at East Point were French. After their 
     
     withdrawal the land was occupied by the English and the first to 
     
     arrive was the grandfather of Lauchlan MacDonald from Scotland 
     
     who settled here in 1790. The Beatons, John Ford Sr., and a Mr. 
     
     Peebles were also among the first settlers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     John Ford Sr. and Mr. Peebles came from Falkirk, Scotland 
     
     and were given a British Government grant of land at East Point 
     
     and settled there in 1805. Ford afterwards moved to North River 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Bothwell). The original Ford property is now owned by John 
     
     Cheverie. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Old Deed 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. and Mrs. Angus Beaton, Josephine and Ella Beaton own a 
     
    
   
   
    
     deed to their East Point property written in 1779. It was written 
     
     on birchbark parchment with a quill pen. Donald Beaton, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Scotland, purchased 1000 acres of land. The original farm has 
     
     been divided into smaller farms as each descendant received his 
     
    
   
   
    
     share. At the present time Angus Beaton owns the land. Donald 
     
     Beaton was among the first East Point settlers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A lobster factory was built on the Beaton property in l909. 
     
     Angus worked in it as a hand—sealer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lobster factories were owned by a Dennis Murphy from Nova 
     
     Scotia, Charles Sterns, Souris, and by George MacIntyre, Montague, 
     
     taken over by Earl Johnston in 1930. Christopher Jardine owned a 
     
    
   
   
    
     lobster factory at Diligent Pond. His son, James, Kingsboro, 
     
     also worked here. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first post office was at the home of Alexander Beaton. 
     
     This property is now owned by Camerons and Joe Gillis. It was 
     
    
   
   
    
     then moved to James Angus Beaton's, father of Percy, Angus, Ella 
     
     and Josephine Beaton. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A blacksmith forge was located in the early years on 
     
    
   
   
    
     property owned by Joseph Ford on the East Point Road. Fred 
     
     Cheverie owned a forge later. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first school was located by a wooded area between Angus 
     
     and Fred Beaton's properties. It was moved to the present site, 
     
     but later torn down and a new one was built about 50 years ago. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lighthouse 
     
    
   
   
    
     The East Point Lighthouse was established in 1867 about one 
     
     quarter of a mile west from its present location. It was first 
     
    
   
   
    
     run by steam, then gas, and now, by electricity. The light 
     
     changed to electricity in 1957.