This is the view of West Arichat, facing west, from atop the original Immaculate Conception Church building.

The first priest who lived at West Arichat was Father Jean Baptiste Allain, a French émigré who had to flee from St. Pierre and Miquelon to the Magdalene Islands in 1792. Afflicted with asthma, he came to live with his fellow émigré, Father Lejamtel, at Arichat in September, 1798 and went to live in a…

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Don Boudrot

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