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 Bellefontaine.
Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated. This is a continuation of the chapter called the “Silver Jubilee of Rev. Father Pierre Robitaille.”
At the Solemn High Mass, the jubilee was assisted by Fathers...
Richmond County Canada, district number 41, Richmond, sub-district number 6. Taken By Daniel Sampson, April 6, 1891. Text transcribed and contributed by Jeanne D. Belford.
This transcription should be of particular interest to those with Bonin, Boucher, Boudrot, Burke, Cordeau,...
Part 26:
Arichat:
1935; on the lower road moving eastward toward Petit de Grat we’ve arrived at
the home of Hector DeCoste. His house had originally been the property of Henry
Boudreau and his family of thirteen;...
Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Antigonish. This is the seventh installment recounting its history.
In 1872 Father John Cameron was serving his ninth year as rector of the diocesan cathedral...
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 and included an interview with Walter Dugas of West Arichat:
“…I...
One of Arichat’s most outstanding priests was Father Jean-Baptiste Maranda who arrived in 1835.
Within three months, he had completed a thorough visitation of the parish finding 2,300 parishioners, 1,300 of whom were communicants....
1903 officiated by Fr. D. J. McIntosh
Jan. 12, 1903: Cesar Forgeron, son of Elisse Forgeron and Anne Briand of West Arichat, married Martha Jane Shannon, daughter of Charles Shannon and Marie Samson; witnesses...
After winter drift ice floated up the Strait of Canso, it would disperse into the harbours of Arichat, Canso, Mulgrave, and Guysborough.For mariners and other seafarers, winter meant contending with ice floes.This northern drift ice would make...
The French were the first Europeans to explore the St. Lawrence River and the area south of the St. Lawrence which was named Acadie. Today this area is known as Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.