TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page: Chapter One: The Early Years - Aboriginal 1 - Havre St. Pierre: The Commercial Capital 4 - Arrival of the British 13 - Appendix One: General Remarks for the 1861 Census. 2O - Appendix Two: Lot Summaries as Found in Meacham’s Atlas. 22 - Chapter Notes 23 Chapter Two: The Arrow, The Isabel, & The Success - Shipbuilding 29 - Shipwrecks 36 - Appendix One: Launchings from St. Peters Bay 44 - Appendix Two: The PEI Ship Registry 47 — Appendix Three: List of Vessels Registered 58 — Chapter Notes 59 Chapter Three: The Water 63 - Appendix One: Lobster Canneries 80 - Appendix Two: Cove Names 82 - “Vanished J oys” 84 - “The Battle of the Cans” 85 - Chapter Notes 86 Chapter Four: The Land 9 1 - Chapter Notes 109 Chapter Five: Business 85 Commerce 1 13 - From Flour to Nails to Bolts: Stores 1 13 - Carriages, Bricks 81. Ice Cream ‘ 124 - The Starch Factory 127 - The Cheese Factory 129 - Mills 130 — Taverns, Tanneries, Tailors & Shoemakers 134 — Blacksmiths, Haircuts, 8r. Courthouses 136

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