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Among other ships that called regularly at the port of Souris was the Campana, operated by the Quebec Steamship Company.“ It ran between Charlottetown and Montreal and called at Souris once a fortnight. The City othent travelled between the Magdalens, Halifax and Souris. It came into Souris at dusk and blew its siren, a weird piercing sound. Simon Perry, grandfather of George Perry, grabbed his gun and went looking for a mad dog. Others thought it was the end of the world and went to the cellar to pray. It was the first siren heard in Souris.56

Matthew, McLean & Company were Agents for both the Campana and the ships on the Magdalen run.

Other Occupations

In the closing years of the nineteenth century, Souris was well supplied with a variety of occupations. There was business for seven blacksmiths: A.R. MacDonald, Daniel Mooney, Joseph McInnis, A. McKie, John McPhee, and Timothy Cheverie. Angus Lavie remembered sending to Alex Paquet for 100 nails and noted that Alex kept his assistants busy in slack times making nails with beveled heads. There probably was little slack time between shoeing horses, making wagons and repairing machinery.

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MacKenzie & Montgomery, Blacksmiths’ Shop (1910) LR: Robert J. MacKenzie, RE. MacKenzie, Kennedy Angus MacDonald, J.J. Mont- gomery, Isaiah J. Home, Unknown.

Peter Cheverie had a tannery to the west of today’s Co-op Store. James Landry, Richard Seaman and Syl Campbell were the cobblers and