It was not until the late 1800s that the Western Union Telegraph Company brought electronic communication to the island.
George Spry, after his service in the British Navy, took up residence at Arichat and...
The following is a newspaper account of the circumstances
surrounding the murder of Clarence F. Glover of Waltham, Massachusetts in 1908
and the subsequent trial of Hattie LeBlanc accused of the crime.
“Many more things than...
In 1975, Richmond Amateur Baseball Association (RABA) players were prominently involved in senior baseball competitions.
A senior elimination tournament was hosted by Arichat and Louisdale on June 21 and 22. The roster for the Richmond County team consisted of: Richie...
Michel Forgeron, widower of Sabine Mirande, married Marie Lejeune, widow of Emile Poirier, on January 7, 1907, witnesses Jean Baptiste Lejeune and Barbe Forgeron
Joseph Muri, son of Remi Muri and Seraphine Mirande, married Almande Babin, daughter of Benjamin Babin...
Arichat 1935: Main street, center of the village.
This house, originally built by Constant P. Terrio, was subsequently owned by Alphonse J. Benoit, Wilfred Samson and currently by Wilfred’s daughter Yvonne and her husband Gilles Boudreau.
The foundation of the house...
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.
The first recorded killer gale in this area was that of August 1725. The exact date fluctuates from the 24 to the 27 but old documents indicate that Le Chameau, a French ship, went down with 316...
May 24, 1947 - Alice Amélie Boudreau - Herbert E. Boudreau and Rose Boudreau - Alphonse V. Boudreau and Mme. Wilfred Joshua
May 21, 1947 - Marie Thérèse Landry - Charles H. Landry and Marguerite Boudreau - Harry H. Landry...
In 1935, the area from the main highway running east on Rocky Bay Road contained seven homesteads:
The first belonged to Peter Paon (1875-1942), who married Mary Fougere in 1897 (1872-1971) and had Amedee...
Arichat 1935: Now it is time to backtrack once more to
finish the north side of the lower road.
We had left off at Johnny Jean’s. The lane adjacent to
the Jean home was known then,...