The following is a list of Members of Parliament who have represented Richmond County:
Richmond
William Joseph Croke 1867 Anti-Confederate
Isaac Levesconte 1869 Anti-Confederate (by-election)
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...
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,...
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 like...
The small boy pulled his woolen hat tightly onto his head and down over his ears in a futile attempt to escape the damp, bitter November chill as it rushed in off the Atlantic and wrapped itself...
At the intersection of Lochside and Grandique Roads was the house of Daniel Forest and his wife Flora (MacDonald). They were married in Port Hawkesbury in 1901 and there had nine children: Margaret 1902-1988 (she was the...
Main Street Arichat 1935: On the water side of this street and approximately in the centre of the village
is the vacant home of the late Dr. A.A. LeBlanc (who died in 1919 at age 54) of New Brunswick who...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
Row boats
During the early period of colonization and during...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905.
After his classical studies from 1922 to 1928 at the seminary at Trois Riviere,
he spent three years at agricultural school at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere.
Here he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts and...
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 Kelly.