 However, some left the fishery altogether, finding wage labour at Come by Chance or in the Clarenville area—which had an increasing role as a regional service centre as highways were upgraded.Improved roads also made it possible for students from Southport to be bused to an integrated central school at Little Heart's Ease.From the late 1970s a number of families erected homes on the road between Southport and Gooseberry Cove, while others moved to Clarenville.