Mary Ann 1842 Brigantine 179 John Bell John Bell Launched 20 June Margaret 1842 Schooner 126 Robert Lawson Robert Lawson Launched 6 July Monarch 1843 Brigantine 11 1 Cornelius Lawson Cornelius Lawson Launched 20 May Wanderer 1844 " 135 David Lawson J as. Peake Launched 10 June Hope 1845 Schooner 80 John Millar John Millar Launched 20 Mar. Sarah Jane 1 845 Brigantine 88 John & James John & James Launched MacMillan MacMillan 20 Mar. Bessy 1 846 Schooner 72 Malcolm Shaw Francis Longworth Ann 1847 Brigantine 73 John Matheson Unknown J .E. Carr 1864 Schooner 19 James Carr Michael Ledwell Launched 30 Mar. Mary 1869 ” 60 Unknown John J. Webster & Wm. W. Lord, Charlottetown Emerald 1886 ” 8 John Robert Gill John Robert Gill Fanny 1888 ” 26 James Carr James Carr Jane E. 1 890 " ? James Carr James Carr Flshing 1n Stanhope

The fishing industry got off to a rather late start in the Stanhope- Covehead area; the first settlers were too occupied clearing land and starting their farming to do more than fish for themselves. However, they must have been thankful to have fish available for the catching in those early days when food was so scarce; it is said that fish and potatoes saved them from starvation; so there must have been quite a number of small boats working out of Stanhope Cove, and off the Gulf Shore. By 1878 there were twelve boats operating from Covehead Harbour, fishing for cod, hake, haddock and mackerel. Names of some of the men fishing at this time were Auld, MacMillan, Brown, Marshall, Kielly and Beattie. Each boat had its own stage, and there were sleeping shacks at the shore. The men would go to the shore on Sunday evening and come home the next Saturday.

In 1880 a Nova Scotia man named Skerry came to Covehead Harbour from Alberton and started the first lobster canning factory, on the west side of the harbour. At the same time another Nova Scotian named Downey built a factory alongside Skerry’s and both operated for about five years. During this period Saul Clark from Mount Stewart started a canning factory on the Gulf Shore on land

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