The 1841 census made the following general remarks about Lot 53: The soil of this township is in general light with a good deal of swamp yet there are very many valuable tracts on it. This intersecting in every direction with roads and possesses every possible advantage of water communication. It fronts on the Montague River and crosses the Brudenell and Rivers... Roads Settlers built their homes near the river since travel by water was the only possibility then. People travelled long distances between homes on foot. After the more pressing necessities of shelter and food were met, roads were built. The census of 1841 mentions the Brudenell Pt. Road, , the road from Georgetown to Head of Cardigan , and the road from the Head of Cardigan to . Later roads leading to the bridge in Cardigan were built, opening com¬ munication to all points of the surrounding country. Travelling by horse and wagon, buggy, or sleigh reduced the pioneers' isolation and encouraged further settlement. Early horse and buggy. Bridges The first bridge was built at Burnside ( Head of Cardigan ) and from this area rose a very successful shipbuilding business. In 1862, another bridge was built about a mile below the first. This bridge was washed out in a storm in 1879 and replaced by another wooden bridge. A steel bridge, the first with a concrete floor on Prince Edward Island , was built in 1912 to replace this wooden structure. In 1959, the present-day causeway was built.