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....
Father Jean-Baptiste DeCoste, a White Father and native of Arichat, had been a missionary in Africa. He remained until June 25, 1980 when he was replaced by Father William Burke. Burke was born in...
Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Antigonish. This is the second installment recounting its history. In his diary, Bishop Plessis wrote that the people are either involved in a seafaring way of life...
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 still holds a place here is Tyrrell.
Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Antigonish. This is the third installment recounting its history. In 1832 a new pastor was sent to Arichat to replace the ailing Father Pierre Roy. The new...
January 20, 1908: John MacDonald of Arichat (son of Angus MacDonald and Mary Normuth), married Marie Elizabeth Poirier (daughter of Elie Poirier, Captain and Julie LeBlanc), witnesses were John Forrest and Seraphine MacDonald January 11, 1908: Freddie Fougere married Marie...
Lawyer and politician Thomas Horace Fuller was born in 1816 or 1819, probably in Arichat. He was the son of John Fuller, sheriff of Richmond County and Mary Oakley. Thomas Horace’s brother was Hyacinth Huden Fuller who married on...
Simon Forest, the son of Pierre Forest and Madeleine Babin, was born at Pisiquit (in the Minas Basin area) about 1724, and married about 1749 to Marguerite Gautrot, daughter of Jean Gautrot and Anne LeBlanc. In 1755, during “Le Grand...
June 24, 1913: Guillaume Alfred Poirier, widower of Henriette Anne Poirier, married Marie Boudreau, daughter of Henry Boudreau and Marie Fougere, witnesses were Ambrose Poirier and Anne Josse July 10, 1913: Robert Martell married Eliza McGrath, witnesses were John Doyle...
The journey to discover Arichat as it was in 1935 continues. In 1935, the church was at the western extremity on the upper road of the village with the exception of the home of...




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