As of 1935 the M. B. MacNeil family were the caretakers of the courthouse. This second courthouse was built in 1848 under the supervision of architect and contractor Alexander MacDonald at a cost of $1,030. Some caretakers...
At one time, Arichat’s main street was one of the busiest and most progressive in the province.
There were hotels, barrooms, a Chinese laundry, a photography studio, ice cream/candy parlours, 10 or 11 general...
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...
Grandique is a French term meaning big ditch or big plank.
According to a 1969 article in the Antigonish Casket by Bishop John Cameron, in the early 1800s, Grandique Ferry was a mission of...
In the 1976 Richmond Amateur Baseball Association (RABA) season some things stayed the same and some things changed.
The two-division format was not changed. The Mainland Division included: St. Peter’s Royals, Louisdale Baracos, Louisdale Mooseheads, Port Hawkesbury, Lower River, and...
Edward McNamara and Mary Kelly married on April 22, 1907 son of James McNamara and Mary Cruikshanks (River Habitants) to daughter of Martin Kelly and the late Maria Boudrot witnesses Oscar McNamara and Marguerite Benoit
Priest J. Ed. Robitaille
Peter J....
Senior baseball was a focal point of interest in 1978
as the St. Peter’s Royals represented Nova Scotia in the Canadian Senior
Baseball Championships held in Regina and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
In their first game, the...
Andrew Madden was born at Dramore, County Down, Ireland, on February 2, 1772.
He studied medicine at Glasgow University, receiving diplomas as surgeon and physician in 1817. In the same year, he emigrated, settling at Arichat where he practiced his...
Transportation and communication in the history of Richmond County is predominantly the story of how the various communities maintained connection to the rest of the world by sea. This applied particularly to Isle Madame which had no...
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...