LARRY’S RIVER — A chapter of local Acadian history was cause for a cultural ... long-lost cousins of Guysborough County’s Tor Bay region. The event on Oct. 29 – organized by la Société ...
Unveiled on Thursday by Parks Canada, it honours Joseph Broussard, also known as Beausoleil, a leader of the Acadian resistance against British rule in the Maritimes in the 1700s.
Names like Gallant, Haché and Blacquiere appear on headstones, lit up in blue to symbolize their Acadian heritage. But these graves aren't in the Acadie region. They're in the Normandy region of ...
Important piece of history Beausoleil died in 1765, but his legacy has had a lasting impact on Acadian people in the region. "It's always important for us, the Acadians of New Brunswick ...