Editor’s note: The individuals listed below are from St. John’s Parish in Arichat, unless otherwise indicated.
John Josselyn Latimer married Hilda Marie Leslie Dec. 29, 1921
Charles John Howard Latimer married...
Editor’s note: The following was written in 2005.
Between E.C. Doyle’s and Smith are now the homes of Johnny Boudreau, Alphonse Boudreau, Michael Boudreau, Gary Boudreau, Steve Richard, and the former bowling alley building...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905.
He wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
Continue “the Fishery” Lines
Fishing depended on...
We are going to continue along the Upper Road, moving west from St. John’s Anglican Church.
In 1935 the only house after the St. John’s rectory was that of Nicholas Dixon, 1845 to 1934....
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...
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...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Rivière Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
CHAPTER XV
The old “scow”
What was...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. After his classical studies from 1922 to 1928 at the seminary at Trois Rivière, he spent three years at agricultural school at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere. Here he earned bachelors’ degrees...
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...
Continuing west on the upper or high road was the St. John’s Anglican Church built in 1895 to replace the original, which was some 70 years old.
St. John’s Anglican Parish in Arichat had...