Continuing west on the upper or high road was the St. John’s Anglican Church built in 1895 to replace the original, which was some 70 years old.
St. John’s Anglican Parish in Arichat had...
In the 1920s, in this region, the fishing industry had reached a critical stage. Inshore fishermen, in particular, were finding it difficult to depend on the sea for a livelihood, and there was virtually no form of...
February 5, 1918: Francois Muise, son of Patrick Muise and Martha Jeanne Boudrot, married Alice Boudrot, daughter of Cleophas Boudrot and Alice Boudrot, witnesses were not recorded
February 5, 1918: Thomas James Kehoe, son of Thomas Kehoe and Annie McGrath,...
The history of municipal government in Richmond County does not necessarily begin in 1879 when the county was incorporated.
Pre-1820, committees were convened each spring and fall to provide local government. In 1820, the...
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. He wrote Riviere-Bourgeois from which this history...
Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Antigonish. This is the fifth installment recounting its history.
When Bishop MacKinnon was consecrated in February of 1852, Father Etienne Chartier was in service responsible...
November 20, 1907: Arthur Poirier, widower married
Sarah Jeanne Goyetche, daughter of Jean Goyetche and Angélique Bourque,
witnesses Jacques Goyetche and Emilie Goyetche
January 22, 1908: Pierre A. Richard, son of Pierre
Richard and Célina Boucher married...
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 are excerpts from the Richmond County Record...
In studying the history of a village, town or county it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition – and rightfully so.
Successful entrepreneurs...
One of the most prominent figures in the history of Richmond County, and Arichat in particular, is Edmund Power Flynn, politician, merchant, and Richmond County’s first coroner.
He was the son of John Flynn (1789 -1839) and Mary Power (1794...