February 1, 1910, Wallace Fougere, son of Firmin Fougere and Anne Boudreau, married Ella Jeanne LeBlanc, daughter of Capt. Augustin LeBlanc and Gertrude Josse, witnesses were Jacques Josse and Amanda Fougere
February 2, 1910, Henry McDonald, son of Urbain McDonald...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began The Richmond County Record, a
periodical that lasted for almost eighty 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...
In the years following 1935, the road from the Arichat-Petit de Grat intersection has evolved into the main residential section of the old village. The highway running through it has become the primary thoroughfare through Arichat leading...
In 1977, the championship round was set: the Petit de Grat Red Caps versus the Louisdale Baracos, two very evenly-matched teams.
They had met twice during the season; Louisdale won the first meeting 10-8 and PDG won the second 9-7....
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. After his classical studies, he spent three years at agricultural school. Here he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts and one in agricultural science. In addition, he acquired a diploma in...
The book Acadian Lives includes an interview with Maria Goyetche of Isle Madame.
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...
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...
Green Island is located at the northeast entrance to Chedabucto Bay and the Strait of Canso, a busy sea-lane in the “days of wooden ships and iron men.”
It is also an area of...
In 1842 Father Jean-Baptiste Maranda continued as pastor for the parish of Isle Madame. In 1844 Arichat was officially designated as the seat of the diocese. This meant that the new Notre Dame church became a cathedral...
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...