Author Archives: The Acadiensis Blog

By Michael Boudreau In September of 1936 Arthur and Daniel Bannister were executed, standing back-to-back, for the “callous” murders of Philip Lake, his wife Bertha, and one of their children (Jackie) in Pacific Junction, Westmorland County. The Halifax Herald called … Continue reading →

By Elisa Sance On January 18th, 1899, Patrick Swift from District #7, Parish of Harcourt, New Brunswick wrote a letter [1] to James R. Inch, Chief Superintendent of Education to protest the hiring of a third-class [2] French teacher in … Continue reading →

By Elizabeth Mancke In August 1759, the Nova Scotia assembly passed “An Act for the Quieting of Possessions to the Protestant Grantees of the Lands, formerly occupied by the French Inhabitants, and for preventing vexatious Actions relating to the same.”  … Continue reading →

By Christopher Hodson Nearly two decades ago, I stumbled out of my small hometown (beautiful Logan, Utah, USA) into a PhD program in history at Northwestern University near Chicago. I arrived with the intention of studying and writing about revolutionary … Continue reading →

By Anne Marie Lane Jonah Although many residents of and visitors to Atlantic Canada have seen, even at a glance, the National Historic Sites (NHS) of Beaubassin and Fort Lawrence, many fewer have visited, or have an inkling of the … Continue reading →

by Danny Samson James Barry (1822-1906) was a Six Mile Brook, Pictou County miller, printer, fiddler, iconoclast, and curmudgeon. Born, like so many Pictou County folk, into the Presbyterian church, over his life he became intensely critical of Christian theology. … Continue reading →

Acadiensis contributor Nolan Reilly recently posted a great piece about “The Workers’ Revolt in Amherst” on ActiveHistory.ca. We encourage all of our readers to take a look at this piece, but also to read his longer study of the Amherst … Continue reading →

By Carole Gerson [1] Current interpreters of L.M. Montgomery’s stories are attempting to bring them up to date by inserting new characters from marginalized cultural groups. Early in 2019, the producers of the “Anne with an E” television series announced … Continue reading →

Pointe-Sainte-Anne Speaker Series 18h30 le JEUDI, 23 mai 2019 | 6:30 pm THURSDAY May 23, 2019 Government House | Résidence du gouverneur 51, chemin Woodstock Road SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION FRENCH TO ENGLISH PROVIDED The Acadian Village of Sainte-Anne then and now … Continue reading →