Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and
translated.
The Priests of River Bourgeois
Father Joseph Marinelli (September 23, 1965 to June 27,
1973) was from Glace Bay, near...
Known as Dr. A.A. in Arichat, Aime-Alexandre LeBlanc
was born (1861) and raised in Memramcook, New Brunswick. His father was André
LeBlanc, his mother Marie-Claire Bourque, both descended from old Acadian
families.
He studied at St. Joseph’s...
James Wallace Poirier, baptised January
7, 1905, parents Edouard Poirier and Lena Gagnon, sponsors Wallace Poirier and
Marie Mombourquette, priest Fr. P. Robitaille
Simon Pius Petitpas, baptised January
26, 1905, parents Simon Petitpas and Sophie Bonin, sponsors...
In 1935 on Arichat’s lower road, there was an open
field between the home of Arthur LeBrun Sr. and that of Alcide Goyetche.
The field and the house on it belonged to Captain
Alcide Goyetche (1878-1950),...
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...
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...
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,...
In May of 1763, a French ship, La Dorothée, set sail from England
bound for the port of St. Malo, France.
Joseph Babin and his wife Marine (LeBlanc) were
Acadians originally from Grand Pré. Victims of...
The 1852 Church Census was transcribed by Stirling
Edwards in September 2004 from the records of St. John’s Anglican Church in
Arichat.
This list is among the papers of the Rev. James Allen
Shaw, the first Rector...
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. It includes an interview with Walter Dugas of West Arichat.