Down Home by Dean Stone ..........................................................................................................................7

Madame de Maintenon .................................................................................................................................8

Isle Madame

Arichat.......... ..................................................................................................................................................10

D'Escousse.......................................................................................................................................................15

Petit De Grat....................................................................................................................................................19

West Arichat..................................................................................................................................................21

Isle Madame Churches

Notre Dame De L'Assomption - Arichat ..........................................................................................................25

St. Hyacinth - D'Escousse.................................................................................................................................27

St. Joseph - Petit De Grat ................................................................................................................................30

Immaculate Conception - West Arichat.............................................................................................................33

St. John's Anglican - Arichat ............................................................................................................................35

St. George's Chapel - Cape La Ronde .............................................................................................................37

Arichat Seminary..............................................................................................................................................38

Centgenarian.....................................................................................................................................................41

The White Crosses...........................................................................................................................................45

Isle Madame Families.......................................................................................................................................46

Off To School...................................................................................................................................................54

School Photos..................................................................................................................................................59

Just For Fun.....................................................................................................................................................63

Island Businesses - Gone but not Forgotten

Arichat & Area ................................................................................................................................................70

D'Escousse & Area .........................................................................................................................................73

Petit De Grat & Area .......................................................................................................................................76

West Arichat & Area .......................................................................................................................................78

Isle Madame Businesses - Today

Arichat.............................................................................................................................................................81

D'Escousse & Area..........................................................................................................................................85

Petit De Grat....................................................................................................................................................86

West Arichat....................................................................................................................................................89

Isle Madame Disasters......................................................................................................................................91

Gale of 1974....................................................................................................................................................92

The Sinking of The Arrow.................................................................................................................................95

The Spanish Flu Comes To Isle Madame..........................................................................................................97

Island Shipwrecks & Whatnot ..........................................................................................................................98

List of Ships Built on Isle Madame .................................................................................................................102

Is There A Doctor In The House? ..................................................................................................................110

Fishermen Lost at Sea.....................................................................................................................................112

What's In A Name?........................................................................................................................................119

What's For Supper? .......................................................................................................................................122

The Peddlers..................................................................................................................................................125

Heroes ..........................................................................................................................................................126

Isle Madame Hauntings & Strange Tales ........................................................................................................129

Island Talents

The Bellam Sisters..........................................................................................................................................136

Ronald à Gonzague Landry ............................................................................................................................137

Cornelia Boucher............................................................................................................................................138

Robert Bouchard ...........................................................................................................................................141

Delores Boudreau...........................................................................................................................................143

Fulbert - Eddie - Michelle Boudreau...............................................................................................................144

Cannons.........................................................................................................................................................145

French Acadian Convention of 1900...............................................................................................................146

Maritime Tel & Tel ........................................................................................................................................147

Politics...or Not .............................................................................................................................................150

Post Offices and Their Postmasters ................................................................................................................151

Banking and Economy....................................................................................................................................158

Where To Rest Your Weary Bones... .............................................................................................................162

The Legacy of Marin Jeffrey LeBlanc..............................................................................................................166

Lighthouses ....................................................................................................................................................168

Acadian-Mi'kmaq Connection ........................................................................................................................171

Heritage Properties

Flynn-Cutler-Robicheau Home........................................................................................................................174

Our Lady Of Assumption Convent .................................................................................................................176

Bishop's Residence ........................................................................................................................................179

Court House...................................................................................................................................................184

LeNoir Forge ................................................................................................................................................187

Royal Bank/Town Hall/Municipal Building.......................................................................................................189

Duke of York Cranberry Meadow..................................................................................................................190

LeBrun Properties

Arichat ..........................................................................................................................................................192

D'Escousse ....................................................................................................................................................194

People of Isle Madame

Charles Robin.................................................................................................................................................197

Thomas LeNoir..............................................................................................................................................199

Thomas Culliton .............................................................................................................................................200

Edward 'Ned' Doyle.......................................................................................................................................201

Isidore LeBlanc .............................................................................................................................................202

Dougald Robert Boyle ...................................................................................................................................203

Emile Benoit...................................................................................................................................................205

Joe LeBlanc ...................................................................................................................................................207

Alcide Samson................................................................................................................................................208

Francis McDonald .........................................................................................................................................209

Marshall Bournot............................................................................................................................................210

Denise Samson of Petit De Grat .....................................................................................................................211

John Boudreau................................................................................................................................................212

Silver Donald Cameron ..................................................................................................................................213

Little Jimmy....................................................................................................................................................214

DIMA ...........................................................................................................................................................215

Isle Madame Genealogy Summit 2000............................................................................................................216

The House That Almost Wasn't.......................................................................................................................218

Doyle's Pond..................................................................................................................................................221

Keepers Of The Past......................................................................................................................................223

Louisdale .......................................................................................................................................................224

Olive's Memories ...........................................................................................................................................228

My Parents & Siblings....................................................................................................................................234

Irene's Poems.................................................................................................................................................238

Maps

Arichat-Cape Auget- Robins Map .................................................................................................................241

D'Escousse Map ...........................................................................................................................................242

West Arichat Map .........................................................................................................................................243

Petit De Grat Map .........................................................................................................................................244

Louisdale Map................................................................................................................................................245

Epilogue ........................................................................................................................................................246

Sources & Photos ..........................................................................................................................................247

Photo ............................................................................................................................................................248