.ailing his that were built at Cardigan. mere axis/‘33 1n Cardigan today little evidence re-

miniment of the huge ship-building and comercial 1min - try fix: was; once so prominent here. In file ycr’r. prior

to 1.920, five immen- me enema-y in order to handle the large flow of imports and exporte. Only one o! the: e wher- vee ha been mintdned b the present day. find it has:

39911 inactive for avers]. years. Gone are the warez-vex formerly owned and operated by Lemuel C. Owen, Jena ‘3. chi‘oneld, Owen Connolly, and Ceptain JOf‘Ojnl” Ec‘fonald. Prior to 1900. two wooden meg.» were built over t!» Cardigan River. and 1:: 1913. a :steel bridge was eon=_=truc- ted which emefi the need: of the people until it was replaced 111 1959 by e causeway.

flue early com“: 1110 in Cardigan rm: mainly one

0! general merchandizso and mmmtp. In the 1:: 1: half of the nineteenfi: end early part of the twentieth cam-y, were were owned and operated by the following people: Janeen E. MCT‘onald, Hugh (Lord) lcT‘oneld. MMLVaon and flora n, Jame Barton. he. Captain ”haw, Captain Jo any Mc‘foneld, 9m: 18m. Jane!) E. McDonald. law of the n-‘ove mentioned men. apart from being lanes-rs of xterm, were

131:0 actively engaged 1:: to fishing and tumors and export trade.