A lady from St. Georges remembers Mr. Ronald MacCormack coming along with a stove on his truckwagon. He was selling Home Comfort stoves, com¬ plete with hot water tank, warming oven, two cooking pots, and a kettle. Her father purchased the stove for $79.00. This peddler visited as far as Annandale . Other peddlers would take orders for trees, sewing machines, and animal skins. There were also meat and fish peddlers in the area. Some meat peddlers were Thomas Clay , Lockie MacKinnon, Austin MacGillivary , and Bobby Saville . Farmers would kill an animal and just go around the community to sell it. The meat had to be disposed of quickly or it would spoil. The same was true for the fish and Martin Gillis of Strathcona recalls one fish peddler coming who did not have his fish on ice. After the long ride, the fish would not be in very good shape to show to customers. Even today, a Mr. Peters from Rustico still sells fish in the area although his fish, unlike peddlers of the past is well refrigerated and quite fresh. Advanced storage methods for meat in stores and homes led to the death of meat peddling. A whole carcass can be store in a large home freezer. Another peddler recalled visiting the area known as the Mat Man . He would trade squares of oilcloth for lovely homemade mats. Peddlers travelled all over the countryside and would spend the night at a friend's or where any one would give him shelter. Today we can easily travel to large department stores and malls to fill our shopping needs. There is no longer a need for the peddlers with their wonderous variety of goods slung about their wagons and on their backs. SERVICE DIRECTORY LIGHTHOUSES In the late 1880's travel on the Boughton River was in full swing. It was not uncommon to see seven or eight vessels tied up at the harbor in Annandale , and on the bar waiting to go upriver to Bridgetown there were often several more. There were a number of sand bars to maneuver and the channel into the harbour was quite narrow. These hazards made the waters quite dangerous to any Captain who was not familiar with them. In May, 1898, some of the local residents began constructing the light¬ houses to help guide the mariners safely into the harbor and warn them of the dangers. The back range light was raised on the shore of Boughton River on August 11,1898, and August 19, it's light shone forth for the first time. This light was on the riverbank by what was then James Norton's field. It was built like a skeleton frame with only the top flight of stairs boxed in where the light was. Evidently the steps would be quite slippery after a sleet or rain storm. Chester Banks recalled^ his grandmother, Mrs. Alfred Robertson , telling him she would have to hang on to the railing for dear life when she tended to the light for her husband. 72