 The Epworth general store served as the supplier of food, clothing, and general wares to the people of Corbin and other small neighbouring communities until the mid 1990s.Epworth was formerly known as Spoon Cove and was renamed in 1901.It was originally settled by the French in the mid-18th century and was resettled by the English around the 1850s by families from England including the family names Goddard, Weare, Keech, and Street.