Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Antigonish. This is the third installment recounting its history. In 1832 a new pastor was sent to Arichat to replace the ailing Father Pierre Roy. The new...
Within 24 hours, this virulent infection had spread throughout the community and beyond. Terror and panic spread just as quickly. Doctors warned people to keep to their homes, and families were decimated - some losing five...
The small boy pulled his woolen hat tightly onto his head and down over his ears in a futile attempt to escape the damp, bitter November chill as it rushed in off the Atlantic and wrapped itself...
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 Muise.
It’s Arichat back in 1935 and we’re travelling east toward Petit de Grat. The last home encountered was that of Bennie and Jennie (Richard) Marchand, later owned by Newman Skinner. The house next door was that...
Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Antigonish. This is the second installment recounting its history. In his diary, Bishop Plessis wrote that the people are either involved in a seafaring way of life...
Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Antigonish. This is the first installment recounting its history. Fathers Bailly and Bourq were the first missionaries to attend to the spiritual needs of the Arichat parish....
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...
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...
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...




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