On November 29, 1927, two fishermen drowned 15 miles off Isle Madame. One was Neddie Deroche of Barrachois, the other was William Bowen of Rocky Bay.
Running before a gale, the two men were...
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...
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 are excerpts from the Richmond County Record dated...
Scotia Rainbow, aquaculture, fish farm, politics -
equals controversy and conflict. Such was the case with the short-lived Scotia
Rainbow aquaculture project in Arichat.
In the beginning, all was well; there was a shiny new
processing plant,...
In 1842 Father Jean-Baptiste Maranda continued as pastor for the parish of Isle Madame. In 1844 Arichat was officially designated as the seat of the diocese. This meant that the new Notre Dame church became a cathedral...
Andrew D. Boudreau and Marie M. Landry June 13, 1939; parents William Boudreau and Catherine Sutton; and Aime Landry and Marguerite Bourque; witnesses John Landry and Marguerite Digout
James C. Boyd and Marie V. Landry June 29 1939; parents William...
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...
As early as 1824 a functioning school existed in Arichat. By 1834, the school faced insurmountable financial difficulties and as a result, the creditors – primarily John Tyrrell; a prominent Arichat merchant – foreclosed on the property,...
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...
May 4, 1909: Jonas Stone, widower of Catherine
McDonald, married Ida Boudreau, daughter of Jean Boudreau and Anne Martel,
witnesses Martin Meagher and Caroline Gaudet
June 28, 1909: Godfrey LeBlanc, son of Jeffrey LeBlanc
and Marie Giroir,...