In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost eighty years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970’s. The following are excerpts from the Richmond County Record...
In studying the history of a village, town or county, it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition – and rightfully so.
Successful entrepreneurs...
Edward Charles Doyle was born in Poulamon on October 12, 1882, the son of Edward and Mathilda Doyle. He was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and the Maritime Business College. He was thrice married, first to Florence Alice...
In 1971, Intermediate baseball was not the only game in town.
A hastily formed team of Midget-age players was cobbled together to represent Richmond County in the Cape Breton Regional Summer Games. Without so much as an exhibition game under...
Thanks to a Facebook post by Dr. Steven DeRoche, the identities of local Spanish Flu victims have been made known. In the following columns, I hope to bring the identities of these victims to a wider audience.
Today we live in a time of celebrity prominence, famous people and people famous for being famous. In the days of “iron men and wooden ships,” captains were often celebrated for their intrepid and romantic travelling of...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a
periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his
father and continued the paper into the 1970s.
The following excerpts are taken from...
Isle Madame District High School (IMDH) first opened its doors in September 1963. That first year IMDH consisted of approximately twenty classrooms plus two labs, a commercial class, a home economics room, library, music room, and gym....
The first priest who lived at West Arichat was Father Jean Baptiste Allain, a French émigré who had to flee from St. Pierre and Miquelon to the Magdalene Islands in 1792.
Afflicted with asthma,...
The first missionary to visit Arichat was Father Bailly de Messein, a native of France serving in the diocese of Quebec.
Bailly was replaced by Father Bourg who directed the parishioners to build a...