. Lobster factories once dotted tlie shores of Prince Edward Island in the early day3 of this century. However, since that time, the small lobster factory has given way to the larger fish plants found in such places as Souris , and Tignish . Even worse is the trend to ship lobster off the Island with only a minimal am¬ ount of processing carried on here. In their day, the number of fa¬ ctories in King's County reached 42. Thirty years later in 1950, there were only 12 such lobster factories left.1 There are probably only half that number today. I am going to specifically look at one such factory which was operated by Earl and Janet (Butler) Johnston of Peter's Road. The factory was first located at East Point and later moved to Forth Lake in the mid 1940's. I "am going to roughly look at the years from 1935 to 1945. Historically, the community of East Point has long been associated with lobster factories as East Point Reef provided some of the best lobster fishing grounds on Prince Edward Island . A fa¬ ctory was established there in 1881 by Cairns and Maclnnis.2 Later, a factory operated by Dennis Murphy of Nova Scotia was located near¬ by. ? In 1888, Charles Sterns of Souris and George Maclntyre of Montague established a factory at "The Point" as well/1 With about twelve boats its 1906 production was 800 cases of lobster. ' Mac Intyre bought out Sterns and he continued to run it until 1920. In 1930, Earl Johnston took the plant over from George Maclntyre and he continued to operate it with his wife Janet until the mid •'