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A History of
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The
General
Stores
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There were several general stores in our <a class="search orgName" target="_blank" href="http://islandlives.net/fedora/ilives_book_search/tei.orgNameTERM:%22Cove%22+AND+dc.type:collection">Cove</a> at
different times. The one that lasted longest was at
the Corner across from the school and it had many
owners. Who established it is unclear but John
MacKenzie, the piper, who was also a shoe maker
lived there. He was a relative of the present day
MacKenzies of <a class="search placeName" target="_blank" href="http://islandlives.net/fedora/ilives_book_search/tei.placeNameTERM:%22Canoe Cove%22+AND+dc.type:collection">Canoe Cove</a>.
William
MacKay
who
married
Christena
MacLean
was operating it when it
burned down and a store which had belonged to Neil
"Cooper" MacLean was moved across to the site. This
was later bought by <span class="persName"><a class="search persName" target="_blank" href="http://islandlives.net/fedora/ilives_book_search/tei.persNameTERM:%22MacCannell+Neil%22+AND+dc.type:collection">
Neil
MacCannell
</a></span> of
Long Creek
, a
schoolteacher who taught in the <a class="search orgName" target="_blank" href="http://islandlives.net/fedora/ilives_book_search/tei.orgNameTERM:%22Cove%22+AND+dc.type:collection">Cove</a> for a few years.
<span class="persName"><a class="search persName" target="_blank" href="http://islandlives.net/fedora/ilives_book_search/tei.persNameTERM:%22MacNevin+Hector%22+AND+dc.type:collection">
Hector
MacNevin
</a></span> from <a class="search placeName" target="_blank" href="http://islandlives.net/fedora/ilives_book_search/tei.placeNameTERM:%22St. Catherines%22+AND+dc.type:collection">St. Catherines</a> operated it for a
year while it still belonged to <span class="persName"><a class="search persName" target="_blank" href="http://islandlives.net/fedora/ilives_book_search/tei.persNameTERM:%22MacCannell+Neil%22+AND+dc.type:collection">
Neil
MacCannell
</a></span> because
Neil had accepted a job in <a class="search placeName" target="_blank" href="http://islandlives.net/fedora/ilives_book_search/tei.placeNameTERM:%22Charlottetown%22+AND+dc.type:collection">Charlottetown</a> as clerk of
the Court. Later
Mrs.
John
Angus
Darrach bought it
and she and her son George ran it for years until both
had health problems, and had to close the store after
which closing it never reopened. After George died
and his wife Hazel moved to Montague to live with her
family the building was sold to
Robert
Patterson
. Rob
lived in it for a few years, making many improvements
then sold it to Kirk McAleer.
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