A Canadian Family

The Acadian Blanchards of Caraquet

Since we’ve been talking about French Canadian and Acadian Blanchards, I thought it would be fun to share a little “artefact” I have from a trip I made to Caraquet more than five years ago.

I was in the area hunting for Acadians – so I spent most of my time in local churches or on my knees peering at tombstones.

In the meantime my husband was hunting for lobster (pretty hard since it was the end of lobster season) but he did find this great business that sold Fresh Lobster – cooked or living .

I wonder if this Blanchard is a descendant of the Caraquet pioneer couple Olivier Blanchard and Catherine Amirault? Or is he rather from one of the Quebec Blanchards?

Either way these Blanchards have terrific lobster so if you’re ever in Caraquet I recommend a visit!

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April 13, 2009 - Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Acadian, Blanchard, Caraquet