In the spring of 1884 Robert Forsyth purchased 10 acres of prime shoreline granite from the farmer Samuel Parker Salls for $100. Forsyth was a well-established Montreal-based stone and monument dealer, specializing in marble and granite. His cutting sheds are shown in the old lithograph at the upper right and his Toronto shop and showroom is shown below. Forsyth never exploited his Lake Memphremagog property and went bankrupt in the early 1900s. In 1889 Elijah M. Reed sold some granite property to Jonathan Haselton and David Moir on the north side of Reid Bay. Here a small quarry was opened although its history of operation is presently obscure. Haselton and Moir were pioneers of the early granite industry in Stanstead. Thomas Blackadar leased quarry rights to Russell Rediker in the 1880s and here a quarry was opened up with most of the stone going to Newport or Zabriskie’s building projects on Province Island.
