D'Escousse () is situated on the north-eastern side of

Isle Madame Isle Madame is an island off southeastern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. It is part of the Municipality of the County of Richmond. Once part of the French colony of Île-Royale, it may have been named for Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise ...

. It is on

Nova Scotia Route 320 Route 320 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in Richmond County and connects Louisdale at Exit 46 on Highway 104 with Arichat at Route 206 . It crosses the Lennox Passage using the Burnt Island Bridge (a ...

. It has had a church since 1845, which was destroyed as a result of a fire on July 20, 1954 and rebuilt in 1955, and closed for church services in 2014. It was a settlement in the early 18th century. Ships would enter the D'Escousse harbour from the

Grandique Ferry Grandique Ferry is a former community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia. Currently classed a "locality" by the provincial government, it is situated on the northern shore of the Lennox Passage near Louisdale, opposite Grandique Point on Isle Mada ...

and Lennox Passage. D'Escousse has an active social community, centred around its community hall with distinctive sloped roof, built in 1992 after the previous community hall was destroyed by fire in 1990. The community centre is managed by the D'Escousse Civic Improvement Society. Since it is the largest hall in the area, it is a hub for social activity for the whole of

and surrounding area. Well-known yachtsman and author

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was a resident. The village, like others on

, is intrinsically linked to

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history in

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.Acadian Genealogy and Acadian Heritage Links - Acadian Heritage Links Section of AFGS
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Notable residents

Rémi Benoît Rémi Benoît (January 3, 1842 – June 19, 1919) was a man of a number of vocations from D'Escousse, Nova Scotia. Benoît, at various times, was a teacher, an office holder, a newspaper editor. He was a French-speaking Acadian who received a gr ...

, Acadian nationalist *

, Canadian journalist and author

References

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