Island. The first to arrive was Mathieu Turin in 1719. The French population of Isle St. Jean swelled in 1720 with the arrival of three ships and three hundred settlers from France.
They founded Port Lojaie.6
In the same year, two Breton fish— ermen, Joseph DuRocher and Nicholas Gerard settled with M. Turin about three miles south of the East Point near on irr— egularfly shaped baisin known as Tranche Montagne.
The census of 1728 reveals much about the new set—
tlement. Census of 1728 7 East Point Name Occupation In Family Origin Turin Mathieu (1719) Fisherman lO Normandy Giraud ? (1720) Fisherman 1 Normandie Durocher Joseph (1720) Fisherman 9 Bretagne
It stated that each fisherman owned two shallops (small fishing vessels). The census recorded that Mathieu Turin employed seven men and two domestic servants. DuRocher had four assistant sai1~ ors and one servant. It also stated that 1500 quintéls of cod— fish were caught and cured.
This was the first census that was taken on Isle St. Jean. It recorded 54 houses, 76 men, 51 women and 156 children.9 East Point was one of seven settlements until 1750. The nearest settlement Was St. Peters. This isolation led the East Point
fishermen to remove within reach of supplies during the harder