The forgotten stories of early 18th century Cape Breton Island. It’s the aim of this project to reconstruct the lives of people long gone, walk roads that no longer exist, and retell events from Cape Breton’s history through the documentation left behind by those who saw it for themselves.
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The forgotten stories of early 18th century Cape Breton Island. It’s the aim of this project to reconstruct the lives of people long gone, walk roads that no longer exist, and retell events from Cape Breton’s history through the documentation left behind by those who saw it for themselves.
For centuries, Cape Breton Island has seen waves of settlers come ashore from many different parts of the world. The ebb and flow of peoples spurred on by the effects of war, by enterprise or by the simple desire to put food on their table has shaped the cultural fabric of the island for hundreds of years. Bretons, Normans and Basque arrived during the 18th century when the island was under the jurisdiction of New France, and then in the early 19th century the Gaelic speaking inhabitants of places like Barra and Uist put down permanent roots seeking refuge and a new beginning. As the tides of immigration and settlement came and went, communities likewise did the same. In this episode, we'll discuss one of these communities at length - St. Esprit.SHOW NOTES: MUSICAL CREDITS: -- Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & Francois Lazarevitch - Sir Arthur Shaen/Colonel Irwin/Clonmell Lassies/The Scolding Wife - • Sir Arthur Shaen - Colonel Irwin - Cl... SOURCES: 1. Sieur de La Roque. “Recensement de l’Île Royal et de l’Île Saint-Jean”, p. 21 -30 – https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...2. Sieur de La Roque. “Recensement de l’Île Royal et de l’Île Saint-Jean”, p. 21 -30– https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...3. MacLellan, J.S. (1918). Louisbourg From its Foundation to its Fall, p. 2074. MacLellan, J.S. (1918). Louisbourg From its Foundation to its Fall, p. 2085. MacLellan, J.S. (1918). Louisbourg From its Foundation to its Fall, p. 2096. MacLellan, J.S. (1918). Louisbourg From its Foundation to its Fall, p. 2097. MacLellan, J.S. (1918). Louisbourg From its Foundation to its Fall, p. 2108. Holland, Samuel (1935). Holland’s Description of Cape Breton Island and Other Documents, p.81.
The Lost World of Cape Breton Island
The forgotten stories of early 18th century Cape Breton Island. It’s the aim of this project to reconstruct the lives of people long gone, walk roads that no longer exist, and retell events from Cape Breton’s history through the documentation left behind by those who saw it for themselves.
