The altar which is neat and tasteful in design is the work of Mr. Newson

of Charlottetown. The interior is very nicely finished and is enriched by

a handsome set of stations of the crass presented by his Lordship Bishop McIntyre.

The late Lawrence Murphy. his brother Peter Murphy and James roley were chiefly instrumental in building this church.

A neat railing encloses the globe. upon which is a very beautiful grove

of hardwood trees. The cemetery is beautifully shaded by beech and birch trees and has a neat fence. well kept paths and a central cross.

The situation of the church is very beautiful. it stands upon a high sand- stone cliff overlooking the straits of Northumberland. before it stretched the long low expanse of St. Peter's Island. so called from the Comte

de St. Pierre. to whom it with the Magdalen Islands. the Island of St.

John. the hird Rocks and Brion Island. was ceded by the king of France in 1719.

Behind the church land. stretching away to Hillsborough Harbour. is historic ground. guarded on the eastern shore by the remains of the once powerful fortress of Port-la-Joie. The earthworks of this old time stronghold are

in good preservation. and throughout the surrounding country. the cellars

of the French farm houses are still plainly descernable.

In the fortress. during the French occupation. there was a chapel. with a resident chaplain. which proves that South Shore is not a parish of mushroom growth. Long after the ruthless conquerors had levelled the humble dwellings of the fisher farmers of Port-la-Joie with the ground. a priest of noble

and distinguished lineage came to Ile St. Jean and took up his residence

on a portion of the Farming estate: this priest. who was the Abbe de Calonne. brother of the Prime Minister of France. was a resident of the mission of

south Shore. more than twenty years before the ancestors of the present settlers