lost on the ice are many. Proud was the farmer who could boast of a team on which he could slaken the reins and they would land him at the right spot on the shore in a blinding snow storm. Even at times when the weather was clear the safe arrival home from Summerside often depended solely upon the horse as the men might have had something to drink. Different parts of the Province had extensive shipyards. One of these was in our next district, Hamilton. It was a very busy place in early days and special timbers for keel and mast of ships were always sought through the forest. As late as 1914 large timbers for sailing ships were cut in wood-lots of our community and some of these went to shipyards of Senator Yeo near Tyne Valley . Some small ships were built in Indian River . The last two ships were built on the farm of and now owned by Alonzo Cameron and hauled to the shore where they were launched. "The Wide Awake" and Morning Light" were names. On passing St. Mary's Church, the ships were christened by Mary O' Brien , a sister of Archbishop O'Brien, who was the parish priest. These ships carried Indian River produce to Mirmachi now known as . Later on iron ships replaced wooden ones. In early days of 1900's all the coal burned for fuel in churches and other buildings came by boat from to Keir's wharf at Malpeque and hauled by horse and cart to our district. The Kensington railways hauled little coal until after the beginning of World War. The lumber from our dense forests and oysters from the Bay, gathered in such quantities by our farmers and fishermen that went by barrel to Bos¬ ton, were hauled and shipped from the same Keir wharf. Later Summerside became the port for shipping lumber and fish. The people of Indian River district were given the job of attending the Lighthouse on Fish Island. Until 1890 Angus MacLellan kept the Lighthouse. He and his family stayed on the Island until he built a house in Indian River . This house was on the south side of the lane leading to the present mill site. It was bought and hauled by James Sheen and part of it is the home of Tom Cobb . Like all of the older homes it was strongly and sturdily made. The sill timbers were hewn by hand with an adz, dovetailed at the corners, reinforced with large iron double 11A" pins the blacksmith made 12-18" long. The nails were hand made iron square-cut nails. All the older homes in the community have the same sturdy construction. A chimney torn down in the home a few years ago was found to have hand-made bricks and mortar so strong that the bricks broke before the mortar would loosen. Others who kept the Lighthouse were Walter Sinclair and John L. MacLellan . The last people were Peter Hickey and his son, Bill. They ran it for ten years and lived on the Island all summer. The Island is in off Malpeque . The work in the running of the lighthouse was to light the light for the boats. Today an automatic light has been installed. This job in early days was a Government job for residents of our district. The Island was the home of the fox-breeding industry. In the early days fox-farming was important in our district as in others. The fox-owners made considerable money from the sale of pelts. Many of the farmers of our community had fox ranches. Today fox-farming is a thing of the past as pelts are worth little. 28