Baie Sainte Anne is the first community along the southern shore of Miramichi Bay close to the Northumberland Strait. It is approximately 30 miles below the City of Miramichi. It and Escuminac along route # 117 where the wharf is…
Réginal Charles Gagnon (Cayouche)
Réginal Charles Gagnon (Cayouche) was born in Moncton in 1949. He moved with his mother to the suburbs of Boston, when he was only 13 years old. At 18, from 1967 to 1970, he was conscripted into the United States…
Edith Butler
(Marie Nicole) Edith Butler, Singer-songwriter was born in Paquetville, near Caraquet on July 27th 1942. She began singing in cafés in Moncton while studying. Between 1962 and 1967 she performed mainly at festivals and on Halifax TV, singing Acadian folksongs to…
Antonine Maillet ©Paul Labelle Photographe inc.
Antonine Maillet
Antonine Maillet – novelist and playwright – is the foremost voice in literature from the French-speaking Acadian East Coast of New Brunswick. Her hometown of Bouctouche, boasts "Le Pays de La Sagouine," a tourist theme park based on Maillet’s award-winning…