wharf was 1500 feet. Ferry service was discontinued about 1946 The ferrv Zntrn f; Lerr,sland'but wem adrift ^ ^^<*« £ Siirs Hogg ,s and ,„ Ma.pegue Bay. The wharves were allowed to detente and the last vestiges that remained were pulled apart and burned in 1973 This move was regretted by some residents, as the portions of the wharves remaining provided a breakwater, as well as preventing to some extent erosion along the shoreline. A new fishermen's wharf was built further up oLTT J- ° f°re tr°m the then Geor9e P*e Pr°Per,y< a"d a new road buiIt, leading from the to the new wharf. This wharf is used exclusively for fishermen and recreational purposes. Ralph Ford was contractor for this wharf, Jack Manderson , Overseer and Frank MacLaren Foreman. At one time a small shipyard was located between this new wharf and Manderson's Cove, but nothing now remains. In the old days with fresh fish in winters very scarce indeed, as soon as the ice would depart the younger members of the family were dispatched to the shore to dig for clams and herring nets made ready to set, and catch the long- looked-forward-to first fresh herring of the season. FERRY FARM homI^ 'a"d,a7he lower end of the E °st side of the had two anThad^ Vh "tT " V ™ ^ land W° S f™ °Wned bV ^es Yeo and had a Thos. Hopgood as tenant. James Yeo sold it to Humphrey MacLaunn a ship builder from Kilcreggan, Scotland , who continued I his trade at this location Humphrey's son Robert was the next owner The home wasformerly a hotel in Malpeque , and was hauled to its site on the across the ice by U teams of horses. Robert's daughter Annie married John MacDonald from^he Eastern part of the Province, and they were the next owners. Their son Robert farmed the land following the dea h of his father, until he became Sheriff and later a Prohibition Officer His sister Sophie married Will Cotton from Kensington , and they were the BHI pTTr%\°Ph,e andJWi" hQd f°Ur Children< A,ho1' Glen' F^eda ( Mrs Bill Roach of Summerside ) and Bell, a nurse who moved to The Cottons moved up to a farm on the former y owned by Loman Adams and now by Etta Hutchinson , and sold the3 to Harr, Pye and h,s wife the former Margaret Birch from a 'out The first large home burned down, in 1927, and another house was hauled to the site, purchased from Edward Millar . Harry Pye 's had fou children: Wesley, married to Rose Morrison from Grand River and now hvingin They have sight children; Horns, marred first to Mabel Bridges from Victoria West . They had two children, were late? divorced and Hams has remarried in Ontario , and has three more chHaVen Ethel married Bill Russell from Black's Harbour, N.B. and now lives here They have four children. Janie, married a James Daley from Back s