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Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, May 8, 1990 At the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians, there have been two escapes from two forts located...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, May 15, 1990 Last week I told you about the escape of 86 Acadians from Fort Lawrence, the 1st of October,...

This short text was written in English by Father Clarence d'Entremont and published in the Yarmouth Vanguard on May 22, 1990. Translation...

When Sieur Hector de Grandfontaine came to Acadia in 1670 on the "Saint Sébastien", to become its Governor at Pentagoët (Penobscot,...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, June 12, 1990 It is surprising how the spelling of many French family names have changed in the course of...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, June 5, 1990 To astronauts, Nova Scotia must look like a big chunk of driftwood clinging to the rest of the...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, June 19, 1990 Benoni d’Entremont was quite a man. Born in 1745 in what is now Barrington, he was sent at the...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, June 26, 1990 Last week I told you about Benoni d’Entremont whose vessel, the “Bonaventure”, was captured by...

Yarmouth Vanguard, July 3, 1990 We know that at the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians, many of them took to the woods. Some were...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, July 10, 1990 Jean-Baptiste Duon arrived in Acadia very shortly before its definite conquest by Sir Francis...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, July 17, 1990 In my first sketch (Jan 3,’89) I was telling you that on July 17, 1653, Governor Charles de La...

Yarmouth Vanguard, July 24, 1990 While Acadia was still in its infancy, the Kirke brothers invaded it in revenge for having been expelled...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, August 7, 1990 Column #84 ran last week. This column should have. Column 85 next. It was around 1896, the...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, July 30, 1990 As the railorad era is coming to an end in our quarters, nostalgic thoughts hunt our minds of...

Yarmouth Vanguard, 14 August 1990 Tomorrow, August 15, the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the National Feast Day...

Yarmouth Vanguard, August 21, 1990 Much has been said of the way that the Acadians lived before the Expulsion. Most of this has come down...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, August 28, 1990 As I have already said in one of the previous sketches, one of the traits by which our 20th...

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, September 4, 1990 I hope you will forgive me for being personal in this sketch. I just want to tell you that...

Yarmouth Vanguard, September 11, 1990 At the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians, many of them were sent to France. In 1772, a census...

Yarmouth Vanguard, September 18, 1990 Early in the 17th century lived in France a noted British family comprising five brothers by the...