02c - Helen Creighton and the Mystery of "Louisbourg's Lament"

Two strong links exist between the Acadian village of Chéticamp and the French fortress of Louisbourg - Jeanne Dugas and the family of Joseph Gaudet. The third installment of our episode on the Acadian folk song “Louisbourg’s Lament” examines the life and times of these two people and the experiences of their immediate families.
The song "Louisbourg's Lament" can be listened to in its entirety by clicking on the link below;
   • "La Complainte de Louisbourg", sung by Tom...  

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SHOW NOTES:

MUSICAL CREDITS:
-- La complainte de Louisbourg recorded in 1944 by Helen Creighton - sung by Tom Doucet
-- Luce Antoinette Bourgeois - "Le Prince Eugene" Singer accompanying the Cape Rouge photos - (clip from the National Film Board video), "Les Acadiens de la Dispersion".
-- Les Habitants - J'entends le moulin

PICTURE CREDITS:
-- Chéticamp 1810 - Lewis Parker
-- Grand Pré - E.A. Bollinger Nova Scotia Archives

VIDEO CREDITS:
-- Drone video of Fortress Louisbourg - Smithsonian channel
-- Drone video of Chéticamp - Louli Vlogs
-- Video of Deportation scene - Historica Canada
-- Video of Horse and buggy - Canada A People's History: Episode 3 - Claiming the Wilderness 1670 to 1755
-- Video of Louisbourg map and King's Bastion - Canada A People's History: Episode 3 - Claiming the Wilderness 1670 to 1755


SOURCES:
1. Lane-Jonah, A. M. (2016). Everywoman’s Biography: The Stories of Marie Marguerite Rose and Jeanne Dugas at Louisbourg. Acadiensis, 45(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php...
2. Louisbourg Parish Records – G1, Vol. 406, Registry 4, f. 31v – http://www.krausehouse.ca/krause/Pari...
3. Bernard Pothier, “DUGAS, JOSEPH (1714-79),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed February 3, 2021, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dugas_....
4. Letter from Louis du Pont Duchambon to Minister of the Marine Maurepas, September 2 1745
5. 1752 Census of Île Royale and Île St-Jean, Sieur de la Roque – “Port Toulouse”
6. Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 445 no. 47 – https://archives.novascotia.ca/census...
Archives des Colonies : Recensement de l'Île Royal et de l'Île Saint-Jean, Série G1 - 4582 - https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...