Some of the older lobster factories ran smack boats since it was difficult for the sailing vessels to get inshore to the factory to unload their catch. The smack would carry supplies such as rope, twine, lathes, oilskins, and mitts. The ledger of A.A. MacDonald 's in Annandale for 1904 shows that John Banks re¬ ceived one dollar a day for running the smack there. A lobster factory was situated in Little River , too. This factory was operated by Reg Dingwell . In 1912, the boiler from this factory was sold to Lumber Co . to be used for the mill. Around the turn of the century, the lobster factory at Little River had about eight or ten boats; the MacDonald factory at , eight or ten boats; the factory, fifteen or twenty boats; and the factory, about ten or twelve boats. If one were to visit the sites now where those factories once stood, you would find no evidence at all of their existence. Wind and erosion have taken them completely away. They exist only in the memories of those who earned their first dollars at "the factory". ,jll§f 16 wm Annandale Lobster Factory Crew : ( L - R) Steven MacDonald , Nelson Robertson , Jack Clark , Craw¬ ford Blackett, and unknown. : ( L - R) Morrison, Charles Mayne , John Dan Steele , Little Boy (unknown), Vincent MacDonald and Ed Robertson . 21