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Amirault’s Hill (Buttes Amirault)
Joseph Moulaison III (The Ancestor of all Moulaisons of Nova Scotia) The exploits of Joseph Moulaison at the time of The Dispersion are...
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Armand’s White Horse
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...
Bicentenary of our Villages
(1767-1967) The year 1967 marks the anniversary of important events that took place over the centuries. It was, for example, in the year...
Boat Building
Le Beaufils: A sloop of approximately 20 tonnes. Belonged to Charles d’Entremont, son of Jacques I, the youngest son of the Baron...
Dedaume
His real name was Guillaume, son of Anselme d’Entremont (old Sémi), but everybody called him Dedaume. He had married Colombe Amirault, a...
Four Generations of Blacksmiths
Mr. Frank Amirault of East Pubnico, who people always called Frank à Ben, celebrated his 93rd birthday last 5 November. However, despite...
Help Wanted: A Salesman
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...
How Pubnico Was Founded
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...
Pierre à Georges
His real name was Pierre Avite Amirault, but everyone called him Pierre à Georges for the simple reason that he was Georges Amirault’s...
The Blackfish
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...
The “Moff” or Bertrand Family
In the September 1985 Bulletin of the La société historique de Pubnico-Ouest, Father Clarence d’Entremont writes about several Frenchmen...
The Rosary
In the Acadian language, people use the word “chapelet” (French) rather than “rosary” to indicate the series of Hail Marys that a person...
The Soldiers Return
(World War I) On the evening of Saturday, 11 November 1918, all the houses in West Pubnico were fully illuminated. At the beginning of...
The Story of Sainte-Anne-du-Ruisseau
(Part of an article that appeared in Le Petit Courrier on 8 August 1980 during the third acadian Festival of Sainte-Anne-du-Ruisseau)...
To Plant in the Moon
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...
Two Mysterious Drownings
On 20 February 1895, two young men from the village of West Pubnico, Anselme T. d’Entremont and his brother-in-law Jean Elizée...
White Head Island (Île Rouge)
“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
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...
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