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For many years, David Thomson and his son, Herbert, operated a large lobster factory in Campbellton. In 1908, upon the death of David Thomson, Herbert and a brother took over the business. After Herbert’s death, his brother, James, carried on until the factory was lost by fire in 1925. This was a great loss to the community, as it had given employment to a large number of people over a long period of years.

Farming also declined greatly in the community with only five or six farms out of ten or twelve, which were in operation in 1920, in use today. The farmers were driven out by the depression and bad times. The old Presbyterian Church, now “United”, has Worship Services every other Sunday, except during the winter months, in an arrangement with the neighboring Miminegash United Church.

Even the old social order has changed with people of French origin replacing many of the old Scottish and Irish families. Even these relatively newcomers are few because the population has declined drastically. In some ways, the Protestant Church has failed to cope with the falling away of its membership. So many of its members have moved away. Some of these families, such as the Ramsays, the Mac- Dougalls, MacKays and MacKendricks, are the descendants of the first settlers from Scotland to come to Prince Edward Island, having left their town of Campbellton in Argyllshire, Scotland on the ship Annabella in the year 1770 and immigrated to

Malpeque, Prince Edward Island.

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