Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of Antigonish. This is the fourth installment recounting its history.
In 1842 Father Jean-Baptiste Maranda continued as pastor for the parish of Isle Madame. In 1844...
1954 Death Records
Adelina Dorey died January 1, buried January 3, 1954 at age 99 years, Priest A. Doucet
Alfred Walter Gerard died January 1, buried January 3, 1954 at age 61 years, Priest A. Doucet
Mrs. Michel Forgeron died March 21,...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Rivière Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
CHAPTER XV
The old “scow”
What was...
Let’s take a short walk along the beach northward to what is known as the Pondville Beach Road.
As of 1935 the first homestead, behind the pond and along the lane, was that of...
Diseases, which have all but been forgotten, were common, and at times, fatal 100 years ago: diphtheria, appendicitis, pneumonia, yellow jaundice, and tuberculosis were the main ones.
At one point, a county nurse traveled...
Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and
translated.
The Priests of River Bourgeois
Father Joseph Marinelli (September 23, 1965 to June 27,
1973) was from Glace Bay, near...
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 excerpts are...
We are going to continue along the Upper Road, moving west from St. John’s Anglican Church.
In 1935 the only house after the St. John’s rectory was that of Nicholas Dixon, 1845 to 1934....