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Joseph Moulaison III (The Ancestor of all Moulaisons of Nova Scotia) The exploits of Joseph Moulaison at the time of The Dispersion are...

In a long letter addressed to the president of the Historical Society of the village, dated 15 June 1978, Mr. Wilfred d’Entremont, son of...

(1767-1967) The year 1967 marks the anniversary of important events that took place over the centuries. It was, for example, in the year...

Le Beaufils: A sloop of approximately 20 tonnes. Belonged to Charles d’Entremont, son of Jacques I, the youngest son of the Baron...

His real name was Guillaume, son of Anselme d’Entremont (old Sémi), but everybody called him Dedaume. He had married Colombe Amirault, a...

Mr. Frank Amirault of East Pubnico, who people always called Frank à Ben, celebrated his 93rd birthday last 5 November. However, despite...

A bit of clarification…Three winters ago I had to spend a few days in bed, suffering from the gout. While amusing myself the idea came to...

In the year 1651 there came to Canada as governor of what was then called “Le Pays de l’Acadie” a nobleman from France named Charles de...

His real name was Pierre Avite Amirault, but everyone called him Pierre à Georges for the simple reason that he was Georges Amirault’s...

For several years, when one entered Évée Amirault’s store, one could see a big fish tooth on the wall, upon which was registered the...

In the September 1985 Bulletin of the La société historique de Pubnico-Ouest, Father Clarence d’Entremont writes about several Frenchmen...

In the Acadian language, people use the word “chapelet” (French) rather than “rosary” to indicate the series of Hail Marys that a person...

(World War I) On the evening of Saturday, 11 November 1918, all the houses in West Pubnico were fully illuminated. At the beginning of...

(Part of an article that appeared in Le Petit Courrier on 8 August 1980 during the third acadian Festival of Sainte-Anne-du-Ruisseau)...

Old Mathurin à François d’Entremont was a man born before his time. He would read a lot of newspapers and would keep up to date with what...

On 20 February 1895, two young men from the village of West Pubnico, Anselme T. d’Entremont and his brother-in-law Jean Elizée...

“L’Île Rouge” (White Head Island) is well-known in our corner of the county. It is an island that is located a few miles west of Abbott’s...

Désiré d’Eon was born on 2 October 1905. His mother was Lucie Robichaud of Meteghan and his father was Charles à Augustin, son of...