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, but instead...
August 15, 1973 final regular season standings:
Louisdale Baracos 14-6
River Bourgeois Schooners 12-7
St. Peter’s Royals 11-7
Port Hawkesbury 11-8
Little Anse Golden Hawks 10-10
D’Escousse Rebels 8-12
PDG Red Caps 8-12
Arichat Triple A’s 4-16
The play-offs began on Saturday August 18 with a quarter-final format...
It is interesting to note early place names in Isle
Madame and their evolution over time.
For example, with the founding of Ile Royal (Cape
Breton) in 1713, most community names were given a religious connotation,...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Rivière Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
At Christmas, the traditional meal was not turkey which in these parts was...
Who is to blame for what befell
Acadians in “Le Grand Derangement” of 1755: the heartlessness and stubbornness
of Charles Lawrence; the pressure applied by the New England colonies to secure
the region; the failure of British authorities to adequately...
In the early 1960s, after the establishment of two district high schools, one at Arichat and one at St. Peter’s, there were 25 schools in the county:
Acadiaville, West Arichat: Principal Sister Marie Therese...
January 31, 1916: Joseph Marchand, son of Abram Marchand, married Marie Bertina Thibeau, daughter of Edouard Thibeau, witnesses Henri Boudreau and Clara Marchand
February15, 1916: Amedée Goyètche, son of Norbert Goyètche, married Marie Emma Boudreau, daughter of William D. Boudreau,...
Around the time of the American War of Independence there were those who maintained their loyalty to Great Britain and did not support a violent revolution. These “Tories” also referred to as Loyalists found themselves in a...
Father Flavien Samson (1900-1965) served from January 18, 1950 to September 1, 1965.
Father Flavien Samson was born in L’Ardoise. He was the son of James F. Samson, a fisherman, as was the case with most of the people 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 the Richmond County Record...