09/03/2026
We wish all students, teachers and school staff a great first day of school.
Here is an excerpt from Margaret Messenger's book, From Island to Island, with a note on the construction of the old North East Point school, later a community hall.
“Based on an interview with William E. (“Bill”) Smith in October, 1986.
“It started with a hammer and a saw.” This was Bill Smith’s answer when asked how his contracting business began.
Before he was ready to work for himself, Bill went to the United States in company with Job Atkinson. For three or four summers they found employment in the building trade, thus earning a living and at the same time gaining valuable experience.
When he came back to Cape Sable Island to stay, Bill's first contract was for the building of a new one-room school at North East Point. This must have encouraged him greatly, where he was competing with an older and more experienced builder. To purchase the lumber, Bill went by schooner to Shelburne in the spring of 1928, and the school was completed and ready for use later that year.”
~Margaret Messenger, From Island to Island, 1987
