TOURISM For many years, the beautiful beaches of the North Shore have attracted visitors from Charlottetown and other areas. The Shaws, the MacMillians, the MacCallums, and the Leitchs opened their attractive farm homes for summer guests. Shaw's Hotel and MacCallum's (The Firs) are still operated by the same families. The Leitch property of "Glencorse" is the site of the New Golf and Country Club. The MacMillan hotel "Point Plesant", now known as Stanhope Beach Inn, was the home of James Curtis , the second land agent for Lord Montgomery . It is recorded in Meacham's 1880 atlas that the hotel had been newly opened. In 1904, W. H , Croskill, official court stenographer and legis¬ lative librarian published a handbook in which he noted the tourist industry in the area as follows; "The majority of tourists, however, go to the North Shore - the concave side of this sun-kissed crescent - to revel in the surf and strong air of that famous region. At , Stanhope , Brackley Beach , Rustico and Malpeque are located respectively the "Acadia", Mutch's Hotel, the Cliff House, Shaw's Hotel, the "Seaside" and the North Shore . These houses are delightfully situated on pretty landlocked bays, where boating, still-water bathing, shooting, fishing, tennis, croquet, and pleasant drives on roads which wind through moist cool glades may be enjoyed ad libitum. And beyond the bars and the sand dunes the foam-capped surf rolls, and sprays miles of beaches, white and firm, affording the finest sea-bathing in America. The average temperature of the water is about 65 degrees. Out in the Gulf, for those who fancy it, and within an hours sail, can be had deep sea fishing with the hardy toilers of the . "Sft