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...
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 at the time of the interview, Joseph D. Samson...
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...
Arichat, 1935: We are in the centre of the village on what was known as the Low Road.
A building, known simply as the Sample House, served as a warehouse and showroom used by agents and salesmen to display their...
February 1, 1910, Wallace Fougere, son of Firmin Fougere and Anne Boudreau, married Ella Jeanne LeBlanc, daughter of Capt. Augustin LeBlanc and Gertrude Josse, witnesses were Jacques Josse and Amanda Fougere
February 2, 1910, Henry McDonald, son of Urbain McDonald...
In the years following 1935, the road from the Arichat-Petit de Grat intersection has evolved into the main residential section of the old village. The highway running through it has become the primary thoroughfare through Arichat leading...
Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of
Antigonish. This is the first installment recounting its history.
Fathers Bailly and Bourq were the first missionaries to
attend to the spiritual needs of the Arichat parish....
In 1935 on Arichat’s lower road, there was an open
field between the home of Arthur LeBrun Sr. and that of Alcide Goyetche.
The field and the house on it belonged to Captain
Alcide Goyetche (1878-1950),...
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...
On the lower street near the site of the Government Wharf now stand the Premium Seafood shrimp plant and the C.H. Boudreau Funeral Home.
In 1935, this latter site accommodated the home of Roddie and Ethel (Boucher) MacDonald. The front...