6 8 6 ▁past oral ▁visit ▁to ▁Ac ad ia . ▁By ▁ 1 8 1 5 , ▁the ▁community ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁“ O ak ▁Point ,” ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁abund ance ▁of ▁o ak ▁trees ▁that ▁grew ▁there . ▁By ▁ 1 8 6 2 , ▁the ▁French ▁variant ▁of ▁the ▁name , ▁Po inte - du - Ch ê ne , ▁was ▁adopted . ▁ ▁Though ▁Po inte - du - Ch ê ne ▁first ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁settled ▁by ▁English - spe aking ▁sett lers ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 8 1 0 , ▁the ▁community ▁did ▁not ▁begin ▁to ▁prosper ▁until ▁ 1 8 5 3 ▁when ▁a ▁new ▁government ▁wh arf ▁was ▁constructed . ▁Until ▁that ▁time , ▁sh ipping , ▁fer ry ing , ▁and ▁general ▁trade ▁were ▁conducted ▁from ▁the ▁Queen ’ s ▁Wh arf ▁at ▁Sh edia c ▁Cape . ▁Const ruction ▁of ▁the ▁wh arf ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁and ▁North ▁American ▁Railway , ▁which ▁chose ▁Po inte - du - Ch ê ne ▁as ▁its ▁eastern ▁termin us . ▁This ▁allowed ▁strong ▁pot ato , ▁and ▁liv est ock ▁indust ries ▁to ▁arise ▁in ▁the ▁community . ▁As ▁yet ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁industry ▁in ▁all ▁of ▁Sh edia c ▁Bay ▁as ▁strong ▁as ▁the ▁community ’ s ▁l umber ▁industry , ▁but ▁as ▁the ▁for ests ▁of ▁coast al ▁Maine ▁and ▁England ▁were ▁close ▁to ▁de ple tion ▁at ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁abund ance ▁of ▁o ak