Ste-Anne-du-Ruisseau is a community in
Municipalité Argyle Municipality in the
Canadian province
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of
Nova Scotia.
Name
Originally known as "Eel Brook", an English translation of the
Mi'kmaq name for this place which was "Wiplomesgokum", meaning "place of eels, but they were poor and lean". The name was changed in the 1950s to reflect the name of the local parish, Sainte-Anne. Ruisseau is a French word meaning "a small brook."
History
The village was settled in 1767 by
Acadians who escaped
deportation and those who returned to Nova Scotia from exile. The original settlement was in an area now called Pointe-à-Rocco, where the initial settlers built a chapel and a few homes. The first Roman Catholic church in Yarmouth County was built in the community in 1784. It was replaced by a larger church in 1808, but this church was destroyed by fire on March 23, 1900. A new church was built the same year. A replica of the original chapel was built to commemorate the early settlement. The parish of Sainte-Anne is the oldest Acadian parish in Nova Scotia.
Four families are considered to be the first settlers here, who leased from a Rev. Breyton in 1773. The families were headed by Pierre LeBlanc (a descendant of
Daniel Leblanc), brothers Louis and Pierre Mius (descendants of
Philippe Mius d'Entremont
Philippe Mius d’Entremont, 1st Baron of Pobomcoup (1609–1701) was an early settler of Acadia, and progenitor of the Muise and d’Entremont families of Nova Scotia.
Biography
Philippe Mius d’Entremont was born in Normandy, France, and he was ...
), and
Pierre II Surette
Pierre II Surette (December 9, 1709 - 1789) was part of the Acadian and Wabanaki Confederacy resistance against the British Empire in Acadia. He was born in Port-Royal in 1709 and married in Grand-Pre, September 30, 1732. After the Treaty of Paris ...
.
The first church built in the community was erected in 1767. Sainte-Anne du Ruisseau became the first Catholic parish in Yarmouth County, founded in 1799 by Father Jean Mandé Sigogne.
[Yarmouth Recreation]
Église Ste-Anne - Church of St. Anne
Accessed November 28, 2019. In 1808, the old church was replaced to serve a growing population. The present church was erected in 1900, replacing the earlier structure which had burned. It is a municipally designated heritage building.
[Tourism Nova Scotia]
Ste-Anne Church
/ref> Striking in appearance, it was built in Romanesque style and features two towers and original paintings on the ceiling and sanctuary walls.[
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References
External links
Eglise Ste-Anne Church
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Communities in Yarmouth County
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia