The French settlement here, is destroyed by fire in 1738.

The schooner Betsy, owned by Cambridge, a Charlottetown merchant, is lost off the Point with no loss of life in August 1792.

The first Morrow mill was situated on Black Point, just west of East Lake on a little stream near the schoolhouse.

The True Friend, bound from Quebec to Halifax, wrecked on the reef in 1824. Despite a violent northeast gale, passengers and crew were able to get ashore safely.

In 1825, it was reported that a man died of smallpox here. It was believed to have been brought to the Island on a vessel from the Miramichi.

The Santo Domingo was wrecked near here in 1832. It was enroute to Quebec with Irish immigrants. Many of the passengers become the first settlers in the Elmira area.

The Planter wrecked near here in August 1833.

Alexander MacDonald of Lot 47 was fined £2.00 and costs, by Sampson Rose J.P. in April 1834, for refusing to give evidence against a retailer accused of selling liquor on Sunday

In 1837, the East Point School, with John Slattery as teacher, was the only one in P.E.I. that taught Latin.

Angus MacIntyre hosted up to 100 farmers at his home at East Point on January 21, 1839. The party continued until the next morning at 10:00 and features, food, drink, toasts, political argument, a piper and dancing.

In 1839, a reward of $20.00 was offered up for the apprehension of a Doctor Wilson, who apparently swindled the people of East Point and area for about three months.

The Yankee Gale occured in October 1851. From East Point to North Cape, there were 83 wrecks and the loss of over 160 fishermen.

An act was passed in the Colonial Assembly, on May 11, 1866 by which £750 was to be used to defray the expense of erecting a lighthouse. By 1867, albeit in the wrong location, the East Point Lighthouse was constructed and put into operation. Alexander Beaton was the first keeper.

In 1868, a plague of flying ants appeared on June 22. Alexander Beaton described "a windrow of ants, or pismires, in some places 3 feet deep and as many wide, extending along the North Shore many miles from East Point." Beaton is baffled.

In 1870, a boat loaded with grindstones wrecked on the reefs west of East Point. People from miles around came to get one from the boat. Jim Pierce of Munn's Road placed one in a sail bag and walked home with it on his back.

The Schooners George S. Fegg and Lydia A. Hano were wrecked off East Point in 1873, in a gale. The crews were saved. Four other vessels foundered off the reef, two of which are American, the other two French. All on board were lost.

A small schooner sank near the reef at East Point on April 20, 1877. She collided with an iceberg and immediately went down. The crew made land with great difficulty, very exhausted. She was from Canso and was bound for the Magdalens.

The Quebec was a boat loaded with iron and was lost off East Point in 1879. From a natural wharf formed by the ice, people in the area were able to pick up most of the iron.

The East Point Lobster Factory was built in 1881. It was run by John Cairns of Charlottetown and Gus McInnis of Murray Harbour. McInnis contracted with local fishermen to buy everything they landed. Some days there would be such a surplus, that it would be put on a small sailing vessel and taken to Haley's factory at Red Point, where the lobsters were not quite so plentiful.

The British warship Phoenix wrecked on East Point Reef on the night of September 12, 1882. The crew was saved, the vessel was lost, and the East Point light was eventually moved to a better location. The late Adele Townshend wrote an article for the Island Magazine, entitled The Wreck of the Phoenix.

A steam driven fog horn was installed at East Point to accompany the lighthouse, in 1885. It could be heard 16 miles away.

The 150 ton schooner Mary F. Pyke from Maine was lost in April 1902 on Beaton's shore. She came ashore in dense fog. Some of the local residents were able to salvage some of the cargo of potatoes.

A branch of the Women's Institute was formed here on July 6, 1917.

The Charlottetown Guardian reported in 1952 that work on dismantling H.M.C.S. Assiniboine had begun. The decommissioned destroyer has been sitting on a sandbar at South Lake since grounding there on November 8, 1945. Click on the link to find an article from the Island Magazine, entitled Sinking into History, The Wreck of the HMCS Assiniboine.

The Arthena M. on the way from the Magdalen Islands to Pictou was lost here in 1950 after a collision with the schooner B.T.U. The captain and one of his two sons were lost. The other son was saved.

The fishing dragger Lentana from Caraquet, New Brunswick was lost here in 1950 with a load of saltfish.

A late spring in 1961 saw ice showing around the Point on June 7.

The C. A. Roland collided with an American minesweeper off East Point on May 19, 1962 and sank.

John Barrett, an Irish schoolmaster settled here in 1825. He slept in the school where he taught. He left the area in 1836 for Tracadie, Nova Scotia where he became a Trappist monk.

Donald Beaton 1816-1865 - Souris merchant, Member of the Legislature and Member of the Cabinet was born here.

Leo P. J. Cheverie, Library Technician, Social Activist and President of the P.E.I. Federation of Labour was raised here.

Rev. Francis MacDonald 1815-1900 was born here. He was the first student from P.E.I.'s St. Andrews College to be ordained a priest. He served 60 years in the priesthood and became a legend in eastern P.E.I., serving his whole career in Kings County.

Lauchlin MacDonald 1844-1928, Farmer & Lighthouse Keeper, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Member of the Cabinet, President of the East Point Farmer's Institute and President of the Cheese Board of Trade of P.E.I. was a resident.

Hon. James R. MacLean 1839-1903, Souris Merchant, Member of the Legislative Assembly and Member of the P.E.I. Cabinet was born here.

Wallace MacLean ____-1897, Publisher and Author of the futuristic book 1907 was descended from the East Point MacLean's.

Noel Pinet passed away at his home on May 4, 1755. He came to P.E.I. with his family in 1739. According to the 1752 census, he was a carpenter, a labourer and a mariner. Some of his Cheverie descendants move back to East Point several generations later.