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...
The first missionary to visit Arichat was Father Bailly de Messein, a native of France serving in the diocese of Quebec.
Fr. Bailly was replaced by Father Bourg who directed the parishioners to build...
Population Trends
Arichat
1771: 174 residents
1803: 331
1811: 475
1832: 2,000
1901: 1,435
1911: 1,500
Let’s take a short walk along the beach northward to what is known as the Pondville Beach Road.
As of 1935 the first homestead, behind the pond and along the lane, was that of...
John Josselyn Latimer married Hilda Marie Leslie Dec. 29, 1921
Charles John Howard Latimer married Annie Esther Stewart (Boston) Sept. 14, 1921
Harry J. Murray (Methodist, Lynn, Massachusetts) married Agnes J....
Jan. 7, 1901: Jeffrey LeBlanc, widower of Liza Babin, married Marie Louise Rogers, daughter of Theophile Roger and Clara Fougere, witnesses were Simon LeBlanc and Marie Luvina Roger
Jan. 16, 1901: Edouard McDonald, son...
At the intersection of Lochside and Grandique Roads was the house of Daniel Forest and his wife Flora (MacDonald). They were married in Port Hawkesbury in 1901 and there had nine children: Margaret 1902-1988 (she was the...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
The fishery: Drying
When the captain or master of the...
Looking back over the decades, and indeed centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in this area. One of those names that no longer holds a place here is Sullivan.
In July 1957, the budgets for spring highway operations in Districts 2 and 11 in Richmond County were over expended.
When this situation of possible misspending came to the attention of Julian J. Thibault...