Margaret MacKinnon and Loretta Lewis working at the Co-op store. Photo courtesy of Lillian & Stephen Petrie. CARRIAGES, BRICKS, AND ICE CREAM St. Peters had its own carriage factory at one time. Owned by Charlie Waye , this shop was located on the Cardigan road, near the corner. According to Colin Macdonald , this shop succumbed to the pressure of the manufactors from Ontario " due to the Island's entrance into Confederation in 1873. (41) There was a brick making establishment on the of the located in a field owned by Joe McKenzie . According to George Mclnnis : They had a brick maker to direct business and all the labor was done by the Parish . The Bishop had an elder for each district and on Sunday he told from the pulpit each Elder what day he was to 124