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...
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 Murray.
The history of education, schools, teachers, etc. is, to a great extent, the story of the one-room school house.
At one point in the past, there were at least 25 schools in the county;...
The first missionary to visit Arichat was Father Bailly de Messein, a native of France serving in the diocese of Quebec.
Father Bailly was replaced by Father Bourg who directed the parishioners to build...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
In 1938, the church underwent major repairs. This came about, no doubt, as a result of the replacement of...
Population Trends
Arichat
1771: 174 residents
1803: 331
1811: 475
1832: 2,000
1901: 1,435
1911: 1,500
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.
“Wilfred M. Poirier was born in 1885...
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...
In 1978 two teams from the parish of Petit de Grat stole the attention of baseball fans. The Alderney Point Thunderbolts took the Richmond Amateur Baseball Association (RABA) title by defeating the Louisdale Braves.
Although the Red Caps failed to...
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 Sutherland.