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. 20 - Appendix Two: Lot Summaries as Found in Meacham 's Atlas . 22 - Chapter Notes 23 Chapter Two: The Arrow , The Isabel, 8b 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: Names 82 - "Vanished Joys" 84 - "The Battle of the Cans" 85 - Chapter Notes 86 Chapter Four: The Land 91 - Chapter Notes 109 Chapter Five: Business & Commerce 113 - From Flour to Nails to Bolts: Stores 113 - Carriages, Bricks 85 Ice Cream 124 - The Starch Factory 127 - The Cheese Factory 129 - Mills 130 - Taverns, Tanneries, Tailors 8b Shoemakers 134 - Blacksmiths, Haircuts, 8b Courthouses 136 VI