MISSION OF S.S. PETER AITD PAUL In the year 1850 the "busy little town of did not exist. The marshy district where it now stands and which was then known as M3rc?ens Shore", was occupied by farms cultivated by the descendants of U.E. Loyalists , while a few handsome dwelling houses had "been erected hy gentlemen who, concerned in ship "building, found it to their interest to reside in this village. Upon the northern shore of Say, a flourishing ship ysnt gave employment to many men, who every spring would come in great numbers from the country districts to obtain work which they found more remunerative than farming or fishing. Of these men several were Catholics and as the demand for labour increased in the brisk little sea board village, they came with their families to reside permanently in the vicinity of the ship yard** ^n the year 1853 E ° many Catholics families from different rural districts, had settled at Jake's Shore that it was found necessary to open a tiission there. This mission was attended by the very Rev. James McDonald TJ .G. pastor of Indian River , who interested himself to obtain a church for the new settlement. The people of Indian River had just completed their new sanctuary, and generously made a present of their old one to therr pastor, who superintended its re¬ moval to "(fc&eens Shore, or Summerside , as it began to be called. The church was placed on the corner of Fitzroy and Summer Streets, and dedicated to St. Charles ; a sacristy was added to it, and the whole building put in thorough repair. Besides the dwellers in the village at Green's Shore, a number of wealthy Scotch farmers, living in Bedeque and in what is called the "new village" were included in the mission of St. Charles . Father McDonald built himself a house on , which is now occupied by Mr . Robert Holman in 1859 the old ffonvent of Tot re Dame on the corner of Summer and Convent