The History oti:\rg-\'le Shore

Gatheringr hay with a horse and wagon.

He went by DeSable on the marked trail. On the way home, a storm came up and because he couldn’t see the trail, he had to “give the horses their head". The horses returned him home safely! There were other marked trails used by the people in the area. There was one from Long Creek on the ice down by Melbourne and Violet MacEachern's farm. It was kept bushed to Charlottetown. Another went from Bonshaw via the Ferry Road in Cornwall, to York Point and crossed North River to Charlottetown.

* Marked by cut OPE bushes.

Horses were also used when the main highway was being built in the late 1930's. Some people from the community were employed with their horses, especially when they were working in Churchill. The rate was $2.10 an hour for the horse and cart and $1.00 an hour for the driver. This employment would only last for a couple ofweeks and then it would be given to another family. The lay of the road was changed at that time.

The first tractors came to Argyle Shore in the 1940’s. Horses were still being used into the late 1960’s forjobs like hilling potatoes, raking hay and hauling firewood. Back then, tractors weren’t used in the winter so the horses were there when needed. As well as depending

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