viously owned a store in Port Hill. UN. and his wife Janie, with their fami- ly of eleven children, continued to live in the home next to the store. He died August 28, 1918. Janie and daughter, Constance, were the last mem- bers of the Forbes family to live in the home. Janie died November 27, 1954.

Dr. J.A. Stewart bought the store from J.W. Brown in 1904 to use as a drug store. Dr. Stewart carried on a medical practice in Tyne Valley from 1904 until his death in 1942. In 1909, he married Eliza Ramsay, R.N. He had his doctor’s office at the back of the store and had his own power plant to provide electric lights. Eliza assisted him in the drug store and continued to operate it after his death until 1960. Mrs. Stewart died May 13, 1971. Paul and Jean Offer own the Stewart home in Tyne Valley. They operate The Doctor’s Inn Bed & Breakfast and organic market garden.

Eldon Ramsay purchased the drug store and made the upstairs into two apartments. Later a third apartment was made downstairs in the rear of the building. The Tyne Valley Library was located in a back part of the building at one time. Other businesses have been carried on in the front section at different times, including a general store operated by John and Ruby Biggar. When the store closed, it served as an apartment. In 1986, Annis (Nan) Ferrier purchased the building and in February 1988 opened a laundromat, The Wash Porch. At the same time Georgia MacKinnon opened the Valley View Florists business in an adjoining section. After Georgia moved her florist shop to Bideford, Denise and Jerry Chabot operated Denise’s Cafe in that space for a few years, followed by Tyne Valley Antiques operated by Angus Milligan. The building was then vacant until 2001 when Matthew McGuire did extensive renovations and restoration and opened The Landing Oyster House and Pub with living quarters upstairs.

The large Forbes home was sold and occupied from time to time by var— ious people including Mrs. Gertrude Jack and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Maynard, Laughlin MacLean and his sisters, Ethel Brown and Emily MacLean. Since then other occupants have been Scott and D’Ann Hammond, who operated the Rivendell Restaurant, followed by Annis and Robert Kernaghan, who operated a tourist business from 1983—1994, the West Island Inn. David Smith bought it in 1994 and operated the inn for a short time. He also sold mattresses along with other items. After that It was unoccupied. Roderick MacNeill then purchased it.

In 1895,].W. Brown owned a store in Port Hill and a residence in Tyne Valley. At some time around 1899 or 1900 he built a store in Tyne Valley.

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