54 Historic Sites The Glass Factory Possibility of Glass Factory on An excerpt from The Macdonalds ofBrudenell Point, p.10 - Public Archives, Accession No. 3,2413. There have been many more rumors about the de Roma Glass Factory at Panmure Island . Moreover, Lawrence E. Doucette of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Lands Branch) said that the French settlement at Point used to grow hay around St. Mary's Bay. It would therefore be possible for them to have a factory on Panmure Island . Local students who worked at Point on de Roma excavations, 1970. High school and university: Carol Conohan , Linda Maclntyre , Barbara McDonald , Allen Fraser , Blair Fraser , Cecil Fraser , Gerard Shepherd , John Sullivan , Paul Sullivan . Jim Cameron and Roy Murnaghan acted as watchmen on the site. Also, Mrs. Margaret Fogarty typed the numerous cards and reports. Miss Gisele Piedalue of St. Boniface, Manitoba , assisted in the direction of the excava¬ tion. Source: Public Archives, Accession No. 3,2413. The Macdonalds ofBrudenell Point, p.10. Excavation at the de Roma Site Introduction Local legends, as well as original 18th-century documents, refer to the existence of a glass factory on or near the Roma settlement of Trois-Riviere. The historical data uncovered to date states that such a glass works should have been established if the necessary personnel was obtained (Roma 1734). There is, as yet, no conclusive evidence that Roma ever carried out his proposal, although local tradition does claim the existence of such a glass works on Panmure Island , located southeast of Point, opposite Georgetown Harbour . Structural Review A small excavation at the northwest corner of this island, in a location where numerous glass findings were reported, revealed a large quantity of pane glass and the "bulls" of the glass prior to its cutting into separate panes. This