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91. WAS TO BE SENT BACK TO NOVA SCOTIA FROM EXILE

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, September 25, 1990 This was Jacques d’Entremont, son of another Jacques and of Anne de La Tour, the father of...

92. DROPPING THE KING’S NAME FOR SHAME

He gave his name as Frederic Joseph du Pont du Chambon, although he had been baptized Frederic-Joseph-Louis. He was born in 1765 in...

93. AN ENCOUNTER WITH A GERMAN U-BOAT OFF OUR SHORES

Henri A. Amirault, formerly of West Pubnico, son of Jacques Amirault, was involved for a time in the fish business at Abbott’s Harbour....

94. BETRAYED IN HIS LOVE, HE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART

This story is in relation with the marriage between Pierre de Montalembert, born in France, not far from Angouleme and Marie-Charlotte de...

95. THE ACADIANS AT HORSE-SHOE COVE PRIOR TO THE EXPULSION

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, October 23, 1990 Thomas G. Haliburton, author of “An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia”...

96. THE GHOST SHIP “YARMOUTH”

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, October 30, 1990 As I do not believe in ghosts, I will try to vouch for the accuracy of the story that I am...

97. LOBSTER BAY: ITS PLACE NAMES OF YESTERYEAR

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, November 6, 1990 The territory which is covered here lies between Tusket River on the west, the Argyles on...

98. PLACE NAMES IN WEST PUBNICO REGION

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, November 13, 1990 Each village has necessarily a special name for each and every river and stream, for each...

99. THE PLACE NAMES OF QUINAN

Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, November 20, 1990 Quinan owes much of what it has to the Tusket River, its history, its importance and even...

100. 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ST. PETER’S CHURCH, WEST PUBNICO

Yarmouth Vanguard, November 27, 1990 The present Catholic church in West Pubnico is the third which has been built in the village. The...