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 Sullivan.
Thibeau, Pierre A., 72 years, son of Étienne Thibeau
LeBlanc, André, 85 years, husband of Maria Mury
Fortune, Marie E., 64 years, daughter of W. Fortune
Power, James Michael, 59 years, husband of Daisy Wilson
Marchand, Daniel Alexandre, 65 years, son of Désiré...
The following excerpt is taken from Cape Breton Book of the Night edited by Ronald Caplan. This story was taped, transcribed, and translated into English by Jocelyne Marchand.
“We had problems after we got there. The first night we slept...
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...
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 is Allain
Louise Des Rabis: her...
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 still holds a place here...
Ephrem Boudreau wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
Priests of River Bourgeois
Joseph-Henri-Louis de Gonzague Chouinard (1875-1959) served as priest from October 1, 1904-December 1, 1909.
He left Nova Scotia, once and for all, and returned to...
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...
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),...
In the village of Poulamon, just west of D’Escousse, one of the early teachers was Louis Seniat who taught there from 1817 to 1825, and again in 1834.
He had made his way to...