In 1781 France supported the American colonies in their
efforts to maintain independence from the British empire. From the beginning of
the insurrection, France supplied munitions and naval power to the rebellion.
Nova Scotia remained loyal...
Looking back over the decades, and indeed, centuries,
it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in the
Isle Madame area.
One of those names is Murphy. This surname was once
very...
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
of...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905.
After his classical studies from 1922 to 1928 at the seminary at Trois Riviere,
he spent three years at agricultural school at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere.
Here he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts and...
Arichat 1935: Now it is time to backtrack once more to
finish the north side of the lower road.
We had left off at Johnny Jean’s. The lane adjacent to
the Jean home was known then,...
Arichat, 1935: We are now on the lower road, on the
water side, moving east at the store of A.D. Samson.
A building located on the west side of the A.D. Samson
store must at some...
On March 15, 1979, the MV Kurdistan, a tanker sailing under the Liberian flag,
left Point Tupper bound for Sept-Isles, Quebec.
The ship was carrying a heated cargo of oil for the
first time. Weather conditions...
November 20, 1907: Arthur Poirier, widower married
Sarah Jeanne Goyetche, daughter of Jean Goyetche and Angélique Bourque,
witnesses Jacques Goyetche and Emilie Goyetche
January 22, 1908: Pierre A. Richard, son of Pierre
Richard and Célina Boucher married...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905.
After his classical studies from 1922 to 1928 at the seminary at Trois Riviere,
he spent three years at agricultural school at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere.
Here he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts and...
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
Horne....