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...
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...
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 of...
The history of municipal government in Richmond County does not necessarily begin in 1879 when the county was incorporated. Pre-1820, committees were convened each spring and fall to provide local government.
In 1820 the...
The book Acadian
Lives consists of interviews with Cape Breton Acadians and was
collected and edited by Ronald Kaplan with Rosie Aucoin Grace. The book was
published in 2004. It includes an interview with Walter Dugas of West Arichat.
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...
If we resume our journey east along what is now Veteran’s Memorial Drive, there is no habitation until we arrive at the intersection of Arichat-Petit de Grat and the home of Albert Edwards.
But...
It’s Arichat in 1935 and we’re at the store of John
LeBrun Sr.
The LeBrun family has a proud mercantile history in the
community. John LeBrun came to Arichat from Brittany in France in the latter
half...
Family 1
Generation 5: Mary H. Tyrrell was born on Aug. 8, 1919 and married Wilfred Dugas on Oct. 16, 1944. She died in 1964 age 45 and he died in 1983 at the...
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...