The old church was in the same location as the present one on the northern end of this ridge and the land south of it was called The Field. At one time it was planted with corn. Canton is the ridge just to the east of Main Ridge and is connected by a bridge. It was on this ridge the first settlement was made and for a while was more populated that Main Ridge. It is generally believed that the homes of the early fishermen were here while the other ridges were used for farming.
West Ridge is about a mile long.
In recent times a sea wall was erected and it has a small airport or airpark on it. O yster Creek Ridge or what remains of this has long been abandoned. Joshua Thomas son, John ran the first store on the island here. Canaan or The Up ards is about a mile and a half above the others and although at one time it was connected to Main Ridge by a roadway it became unreachable by land around 1923 and has not been inhabited since 1928. East Point Ridge was a very small ridge to the northeast of Canton.