The church was rebuilt on the Stanhope Road on the MacLauchlan

property and later moved to Covehead Road to the property of Mr.

Alec MacDonald.

The cemetery on the East Stanhope Road is still used by some of the local families. The majority of the settlers of the area, with

the exception of two family cemeteries, use either the West Covehead

or Brackley Point cemeteries.

OLD STANHOPE CEMETERY

One of the oldest British cemeteries in P. E. I. is located beside Long Pond on the Nature Trail of the National Park. According to National Park literature, it was accidentally discovered and cleaned up by workmen a few years ago. However, all elder

citizens were quite aware of the cemetery's existence and regard

this "discovery" as a joke.

Many of the early settlers are buried in this cemetery. In 1790, Catherine McKay, who died while visiting at Oyster Bed, was taken by canoe to Long Pond where she was interred in the cemetery. The Island sandstone tombstones have no markings left on them so there are very few records of early settlers. The

only remaining stones bear the following inscriptions:

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