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The causeway was constructed by Poole and Beer Con— struction Co. in 1953 or '54. It has an overall length of approximately 350 feet. The roadway width is 38 feet, and it has been raised 5 or 6 feet above the level of the former bridge.

Tyler Ching, the oldest resident at Black Pond at the present time, was the first man to use a gasoline engine for saw— ing wood and threshing and also the first to drive the tractor drawn graders for road improvement in his area.

Migratorv Bird Sanctuary

A migratory bird sanctuary was established at Black Pond through the efforts of Frank Sterns, Souris, in 1933. It is a Federal Government Sanctuary. The boundaries are: East — to the east line of the Albert Whelan property. West - to the east line of Lary MacPhee's property. South - to the shoreline. North — to rear line of Black Pond farms.

There are approximately 50 acres of water south of the causeway. At one time, the sand beach was a wooded area, and older men cut rails here. The "Run" went out at Mooney's Point at first. Some people tried digging west to connect the Pond with Little Harbour but without success. They later dug Bear Harbour on the east side; digging was done by hand. Five fishing shacks were located near here for some years.

Below the Aeneas Campbell property, now Loch Dhu Haven, a number of railway cars of sand were shipped for use in the making of glass.

A relative of Aeneas Campbell went down to Bear Harbour one evening to bring the cows home and saw a bear relaxing by a large rock called Bear Rock. She hurried home with the news. Armed with the only gun in the area, clubs, and pitch—forks, the people headed for the Rock to find Bruin, but as they were approaching he started away and arrived at the gulley below Wallace Fraser's before they finally caught up with him and killed him.

The first warden at the sanctuary was Frank Hennessey for a number of years; the second one, George Bruce, to the present time.

Little Harbour

The first settler was Michael MacKinnon from Scotland wno came to Mabou, Cape Breton, then to MacKinnon's Point, Little Harbour, Prince Edward Islnad. A MacKinnon lady also an early settler danced with King George III before leaving Scotland and

this information may be read on her tomb stone in the Roman Catholic cemetery in Souris.

The names — MacPhee, Kennedy, Foley, MacMahon, Power, MacDonald, O'Hanley, Johnston, MacInnis, Campbell, MacLellan and