We are now, in 1935, on the upper road in Arichat just below the Arichat Academy.
To the west is the home of John Donahue. Continuing west is the home of John Henry (1868-1952)...
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...
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...
In the village of Poulamon, just west of D’Escousse, one of the early teachers was Louis Seniat who taught there from 1817 to 1825, and again in 1834.
He had made his way to...
Isidore LeBlanc was the first Acadian cabinet minister in Nova Scotia.
Born in a county where Acadians formed the majority, LeBlanc repeatedly defended the right of Acadian children to be educated in their own language.
On April 17, 1879, he addressed...
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 and includes an interview with Walter Dugas of West Arichat:
“I...
While recalling provincial action in 1973, it should be noted that the county once again excelled in minor ball.
The Petit de Grat Beavers took the crown in their division while Louisdale captured the Juvenile title. Chet Boudreau took home...
Looking back over the decades and, indeed, centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were or are common in this area. Some of those names that still hold a place here are...
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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...
Looking back over the decades and, indeed, centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in Isle Madame.
One of those names that no longer hold a place...