coast, and among these was the plant erected by Mr. Solomon Clark of Mount Stewart . Mr. Clark eventually had two factories, one at Blooming Point and the other at the "Cape", immediately east of the present Heather Dunes Resort. In 1908, the Blooming Point operation was giving employ¬ ment to 70 persons, including 26 fishermen. About 35 cases, valued at between $550. and $600. were put up each day during the season. In May of the same year a large lobster on display at the plant created a minor sensation. Weighting 12 pounds and measuring some 21/2 feet in length, one of its huge claws held over a quart of water. The Clark family eventually closed these factories and erected a new one at Mount Stewart on the North bank of the Hillsborough , immediately east of the railroad bridge. The "Cape" factory was sold to the French Village Packing Co., the principals of which included Messrs. Temple Murphy , Cornelius Mac - Innis and Luther Coffin . This firm ceased operations during the early thirties. A near neighbour of this enterprise was the Feehan, Doyle Pack¬ ing Co., incorporated in 1923. Its directors were John Feehan , Milton Doyle, Frank Feehan , Joseph Feehan , Elijah Doyle and Desmond Doyle. Located on the site of the future Heather Dunes , it was also closed down during the early thirties. Poultry, as well as lobsters was processed by David, Montague and Benjamin Pigot in their factory located at Savage Harbour , where the village of cottages has since grown up. A 19th century contemporary of the S. C. Clark operations, the firm of Pigot Bros , was closed down around the turn of the century. Mr. Frederick Pigot , a cousin of the above, opened a plant on the seashore at a point east of the Savage Harbour school build¬ ing in 1910. The project almost ended in disaster, as in February of 1909, when Mr. Pigot was coming up the Hillsborough with a sleigh load of bricks intended for the building, the ice broke, and horse, sleigh and driver were precipitated into the water. The sleigh with its heavy cargo sank immediately, taking the horse with it. Mr. Pigot survived to complete his factory which operated until 1917. "In the year of nineteen hundred and ten, Frederick Pigot he hired some men; And of all jolly fellows of whom he did take, He landed them safe at the beach to eat hake." Of all the lobster factories in the area, that of the Savage Harbour Packing Co. Ltd. had the greatest claims to longevity. Built out of two houses in 1912, it was first located in West St. Peter 's. The business was incorporated in 1916, and its original directors were James P. Maclntyre , Milton Coffin, William N. Douglas , Joseph C. Douglas , Chester W. Coffin , John Maclntyre , Alexander MacEachern , Frank Pigot and Robert Pigot . In 1928, the harbour having broken out about a mile further west along the seashore, the services of John McGuirk & Co. of Dromore were ob¬ tained to move the building across the ice from the old harbour to the new. It was landed at its new site near the present Savage Harbour wharf on February 11th. The fishermen's houses, called shantys or shacks, were moved to the new location as well, and these along with the various sheds and bait houses formed a fair-sized village, a scene of great activity during the summer months. The factory was managed by Senator J. P. Maclntyre until 1941 and thereafter by Mr. Wendell §. Glover until it was closed down in 1972. The fish taken at Savage Harbour is now trucked to plants located in other parts of the province and on the mainland. —34—