Pictured are parishioners in front of St. John the Baptist Church in River Bourgeois.

Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated. All the families knew how to make the shoes which were popular at the time, the moccasin made from well-tanned cow hide. The various pieces were sewn with a very strong, waxed cotton thread….

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Don Boudrot

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