We had quite an experience returning from Halliday's wharf this evening in a blinding snow storm. It was 6.20 when we left Halliday's and 8.50 when we reached Charlottetown wharf. Owing to the snow storm the "Princess" has not left Pictou yet.

I presume you were unable to hear our whistle from Halliday's wharf. We had three passengers and a lot of freight for Brush wharf and landed all at Halliday's wharf. Weather and ice permitting we will try to reach Vernon River Bridge and Brush wharves on Monday next and count on seeing you again.

Sincerely your, Captain"14

For these ships to travel safely during the night, lighthouses were needed. There were two lighthouses at Douse's Point and two at Brush Wharf. The Douse's Point lights were built in 1898 but there is no date noted for the ones at Brush Wharf. The lighthouse keeper for Douse's Point in 1911 was John McDonald followed by Hector McDonald, John Hector McDonald, John A. McDonald, Mrs. Belle McLeod, and Newman McDonald. The lighthouse keepers for Brush Wharf were Donald J. McPherson, Willard MacPherson, Angus Joe Nicholson, Walter McLeod, and Faber Dreelan.

"The keeper had to attend to many tasks, including shining the reflector, cleaning the lamp flue with a small mop, checking the supply of kerosene, and trimming the wick with special scissors. A lamp - lighting schedule had to be carefully maintained during a navigation season, usually lasting from late April to early December. The keeper also had to monitor weather conditions and fonNard reports to Charlottetown."15

The lights at Douse's Point-and Brush Wharf were called range lights. They were of the fixed type that did not revolve. In the beginning, whole oil was used and then later kerosene oil was

14 Copy of Letter from Capt. T. Craig to his wife

Katie Morrissey of Orwell Cove.

15 The Island Magazine, No. 9, Spring-Summer 1981-"A Light on~the Sandhills," by Allen Graham.

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