home coal, oil, lumber and other necessities. Owners of MacNutts’ store

profitted by hauling merchandise across the ice to their general store Malpeque.

Many patients were transported over this route to the old Summer- side Hospital in all kinds of weather with Dr. Jim Keir in attendance. Even people from the Bedeque area relied on the good doctor for attention at his home and had to travel by ice from Bedeque to Wilmont and again from Traveller's Rest to Malpeque.

A well-known retired Summerside dentist Dr. Archibald MacMurdo, still quite active, attended people of all ages including school children who crossed the ice for dental extractions and fillings via Traveller's Rest.

TRAVELLER’S REST RAILWAY STATIONS

The railway was laid through Traveller’s Rest in 1872. Shortly after. the first railway station was built at Traveller’s Rest on the north east side of the railway crossing with the entrance facing south toward the tracks. It was a small building with a bench all around inside for people to sit on while waiting for the train. There was no door, only an archway to enter and it really only served as a shelter from the weather.

Later, Canadian National Railways built another station more ade- quate for the needs of the community. This had two rooms, one for passen- gers and the other for baggage. A supply of coal was kept on hand to pro— vide a fire when needed.

This station was placed on the opposite side of the road, the north west. It remained there until the sixties when so many country railway sta- tions were phased out. This station house was bought by L. J. Murphy, lrishtown Road, Kensington and was hauled there on a truck and float by Lorne Wright of Reads Corner.

Across the road from the railway station, two warehouses were built by brothers, J. Loring and Delbert Rayner.

Delbert built the first warehouse for storage of potatoes in 1948. It was sold to Thane Ellis in 1964. Its present owner is Harold Cairns, a pro- duce buyer fron Summerside.

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