Northeastern Prince Edward Island has long been a prime place to fish for tuna. The proud fisherman shown in this old picture is Tom Poole.

A picture from World War I, showing members of the 105th Betta/lion of the Prince Edward Island Highlanders.

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foundland. Although 13 years have passed, these men have not been forgotten in Souris. and proceeds from the sale of this book will be devoted to the erection of a memorial to them in the town.

During World War One many young people from Souris enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. The old Stone Hotel, which stood at the corner of Main and Chapel streets, was converted into a military head- quarters and barracks. Soldiers stationed there became a familiar sight in their khaki uniforms as they drilled on the breakwater, practiced shooting at the rifle range at Chepstow, and went on route marches on the Souris Line Road. Many of those who went overseas did not return; their names, and the names of those who gave their lives in World War Two, are inscribed on the monu— ment in front of the Souris Legion building on Main Street. The words on one young Souris soldier’s stone serves as an epitaph for them all: “They died for justice; justice owes them this, that what they died for be not

overthrown.” History is like a road seen in the distance which we at

length discover is under our own feet. It disappears into the present. Our attention must therefore turn to the Souris of today.