m ‘ A History of Canoe Cove

Q; The People

This chapter in the Cove history will look at some of the families of the early settlers and their descendents. Some names date from when the Cove was settled and some have moved here more recently.

A lot of the Cove was settled by MacKinnons who came from the Isle of Skye. Scotland, in 1820. The MacNevins also came in 1820. Some farms have remained in the same families since their forbears came out from Scotland. In our democratic society this does not mean very much, but in England, for example, these families would be considered gentry. There are few really old houses, and those that are close to 150 years old are very attractive examples of the architecture of the time. The original houses which would have been of logs are all gone, and even the sites where people lived are obliterated in most

cases.

As almost all the early settlers were Scots, Canoe Cove is still predominately Scots and most names are prefixed with “Mac". Early records show that “Mc” which means “son of” was used as the prefix' 1n some Scots names rather than “Mac”. MacRae IS the exception to this and would properly be spelled Macrae. When the people exchanged Mc for Mac' is not known but the connotation now is that Mc lS lrish

and Mac is Scots.

For the most part the settlers were farmers and fishermen, and of course carpenters by necessity. As we noted before, mills and factories and trades abounded to care for the needs of the community.

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