Famous ships

The name County of Richmond is prominent in the annals of ship building in this region. In 1875, Isidore LeBlanc commissioned a 410-ton three-masted barque, the County of Richmond, “the largest vessel produced in the southern part of Cape Breton.” MLA LeBlanc was fond of saying in the Legislature that he built the County of…

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Don Boudrot

Don Boudrot is a retired English teacher, currently an author and historian living on Isle Madame.