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Ghost TownsFrom Lower North Shore[edit] Ghost TownsA couple of years ago the population of the village of Aylmer Sound was relocated because the government felt that the village's population was no longer large enough to justify the cost of maintaining the support infrastructure. Losing any of the wonderful communities along the Lower North Shore will always be an event that is marked with some sadness, but many people may not be aware that the Coast has been losing villages for some time. This page is intended to be used to document these lost villages, and to be used as a place where people can share photos and stories describing life in these villages, and possibly the reasons why they were closed. Please help to complete the information for these lost villages, and also feel free to correct any spelling mistakes for any of the town names. [edit] Ghost Towns listed from West to East
I would like to tell you about the Barachois. It's everyday name was Barsway and Barachois can also be spelled Barachoix. I lived there in the winter from about 1947 to about 1960. It was only a winter community in my time. Everybody lived beside brooks. Farthest to the west was Aunt Luce Chislett and her husband. Her son Wilfred lived there with his family. Her son Roy (Riley) and her daughter Minnie also lived there before they were married. Next brook was where Uncle George Bobbitt and his wife Clara lived. Their son Ches and his wife Pearl also lived there with their son Harris. Then there was a mesh (marsh) and my family lived on the shore of the next brook. There were two houses. One belonged to my granparents, Tom and Grace Bobbitt. My Aunt Vern and Uncle Ross Waye and family lived with them. My sisters and I lived with our parents Bill and Mona Bobbitt in our own house. The school was located beside the next brook to the east. Wilfred Chislett moved his house to the next brook east during my childhood. He lived there with his wife Janet and their family. A couple of brooks farther east was where my Uncle Dick Cox lived with his wife Alice and family. Their married son Wesley also lived there with his family. Farther east from there was the home of John Gallichon. These were the people who lived at the Barachois during my time. In previous years other families also lived there.
This village was located between La Tabatiere and Mutton Bay, and is called Bully's by the people living in the area. The term Bully comes from Boulet, which was the family name of the founders of this village. They originally came from Quebec City, and the nephew of the founder also opened the first store in the area, and is the "Bully" that most people refer to when they talk about visitng this village. The Boulet's stores was the store that was used by the residents of La Tabatiere for some time, until the first store in La Tabatiere was opened by Mr. Organ. The residents of La Tabatiere and Mutton Bay would take boats to Bully's in the summer, and take dog teams or walk across the frozen ice in the winter.
This village is not officially a ghost town yet, since there are still two families living in the village. |
