Trade and Commerce rpL T~\olialti Courteay Pictures of the Past by Learda The second schooner named Delight was built at Souris West in 1894. This ship in the right of the photo had a registered tonnage of 109.4 with a keel of 85 feet. The width amidship was 23.9 feet and the depth of the hold 9.2 feet. It was registered June 26, 1894, and sailed under Master Alexander Bushey . It was abandoned at sea in mid- February 11, 1899. workers in the shipyard included the following: George Rice , second in command, Archie MacPhee , Eddie Donald McCormack , Simon Ronald MacDonald , William Coffin , Tom Warner , Hughie Wilt and Joseph Kennedy . William Poole , a long time fisher¬ man of Souris , said in 1953 that the last ship built at Souris West was the M.C.A . built for Captain Arse- nault. The name stood for his wife, Mary C. Arsenault . This ship went until 1952 when it was beached in the Magdalens. It was the last and longest lived of all the ships. He also remembered a Newfoundland ship that used to come into Souris named the O.G.B . which stood for 0 God Bless. Names of ships were important to owners. Sometimes they indicated a bit of family history as in the name of the 132 ton ship launched in 1833 for John Macgowan called Shaver. Courtesy of Mm. Adelaide Doyle William Peters William ( Billy ) Peters, a historian liv¬ ing in Cambridge , Mass. is a direct descendent of Germaine Chaisson, one of the Island's first settlers. He makes frequent trips back to his for¬ mer parish of St . Alexis bringing with him material researched in the great libraries of Boston. He has made a great contribution to the history of Lots 44 and 45.