The First Settlers were MicMac Indians 3 Near the beach is the home of Pauline and Neil Campbell. They remem¬ ber the stories of Hubert Campbell , Neil's father. Hubert told of boats loading at the wharf on the beach - potatoes and turnips grown by the farmers on the fertile soils of Panmure Island . The boats took vegetables and horses to Newfoundland . There were large sailing vessels built on Panmure Island by the MacDonald brothers. The first sailing vessels took logs to England to use in building more boats. The boats brought supplies such as nails, cotton and needles from England and Scotland to Panmure, and brought back salt fish and lumber. MicMac Indians also settled at Gaspereaux on the shore where there is a good look-out to Nova Scotia . There is a beautiful large fresh water spring at Gaspereaux , where water cress is growing. Lester Steele owns it. Accord¬ ing to Jim Steele , several sick babies were given water to drink from the spring and were miraculously saved from death. Father Angus MacEachern (who later became Bishop) used to sail from this spot to Nova Scotia . The small boat he used is stored in a warehouse in Charlottetown , under the care of the P.E.I. Historical Society. Angus Steele and his sister, Marie, used to give hospitality to Father Angus in their home. There is a plaque to mark where their house stood. It was unfortunately taken down by someone who wanted the lumber. There were wooden nails used in the house, and the chimney stones were held together by oyster shells and clay. Angus and Marie welcomed neighbours to their home for church services and singing, and Father Edwin Steele was the priest. Angus and Marie's nephew, Newman, and his wife Debbie, lived in the house for a few years until they built their own house in Gaspereaux . They were horrified when they found someone had taken the house down to build a cottage with the lumber, especially since it was done by a young priest. Blanche Steele , Newman's aunt, who lives nearby, knew the priest well. She lives with her son, Lester Steele . Newman's brother, Jim Steele , helped Angus and Marie when they were older, and crippled by arthritis. He carried water from the spring, for they had neither electricity nor a pump. Father Angus MacEachern used to serve Mass on Panmure Island to the Indians who were Catholics. There is also an old cemetery, and the outline of where a small chapel once stood, until it was moved over the ice one winter to Georgetown , across St. Mary's Bay.