Prince Edward Island was balloted away to favorites of the Crown in August, 1767. Captain Walter Patterson , who later became its first Governor, and brother John drew the lucky ticket for Lot 19 and Theodore Haltain and Captain T. Bassett drew the lucky ticket for Lot 20. Margate community lies in both Lot 19 and Lot 20. It is a district of hills and hollows. The average farm is 100 acres and 10 to 12 chains wide. Most farms contain a woodlot. The main road leads from Kensington to Corner, a distance of three miles. The farmland extends both sides of the road, to the town road and butts on to the farms on the Irishtown road. Margate district begins west of the gateway of Willard Thompson . At Corner, a road, known in early times, as the Old Prince- town Road, turns left and proceeds to the cross roads at the Black Horse Corner. Margate district includes the land on the north side of the Black Horse Corner on one side of the road and below the gateway of David Woodington on the other. At Corner turn right and a distance of 40 yards, a road, known as the , turns left at the Carriage shops, follows the Tuplin Creek , which joins the South-West River and proceeds to Roy Thompson 's shore, a distance of one mile. Another branch of the South-West River leads into Durant's Creek, where the families of Samuel Durant have lived for four generations. From the Carriage Shops , or Margate Museum now, the road con¬ tinues over the , formerly called, to the gateway of Arthur Profitt , where there is a road branching to the right, leading in a south-westerly direction, called the Road. A mile out this road there are homes and were homes. From Arthur Profitt 's gateway, the road continues on to Clinton district. The Margate School District No. 95 ends a little beyond the gate¬ way of Philip Henderson . The above is a road description of Margate , but it also includes the land contained on each homestead. VALUATION It's not the distance we travel, It's the direction in which we aim; The victory is not as important As our fairness in playing the game. It's not the weight of the burden, But the way that we carry the load; We'll remember with pain or with pleasure When we come to the end of life's road, From — W. I News .