Saint-Chrysostome (St. Chrysostome) 
     
    
   
   
    
     This village was originally called Saint-Joseph in honour of 
     
     Joseph (Madgitte) Arsenault and Joseph (League) Arsenault, 
     
     the fathers of most of the founding couples. Older people 
     
     sometimes called it the Village des Joe. The northern side of 
     
     the community later became known as the Village de Joe League 
     
     since Joseph (League) Arsenault (1744-1833) settled there 
     
     when he came to join his children after having been ban- 
     
     ished from Malpeque (see the ballad, pp. 11-13). English- 
     
     speaking settlers nicknamed him “Joe League and a Half.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     The name was changed around 1850 to Saint-Chrysostome 
     
     in honour of Saint John Chrysostom (c. 340-407 A.D.), one 
     
     of the Fathers of the Church. The area is also referred to as 
     
     Rocky Point. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Saint-Gilbert (St. Gilbert) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Around 1875 this part of the parish was named after the 
     
     patron saint of Gilbert Bernard, one of the early settlers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Saint-Hubert (St. Hubert) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Around 1893, this community was named after Hubert 
     
     Arsenault (c. 1814-1892), the father of several of the men 
     
     who founded the area. Originally it was called MclIsaac Road 
     
     after Angus Mclsaac, one of the founders of the village of 
     
     Richmond. This name is still in use. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Saint-Philippe (St. Philip) 
     
    
   
   
    
     The community became known as Saint-Philippe around 
     
     1870, no doubt in honour of one of the two patron saints of 
     
     the parish. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Urbainville 
     
    
   
   
    
     For a long time, the official name of this village was Egmont 
     
     Bay Road, even though it was, and still is, known locally as 
     
     Portage. With the opening of the village post office in 1896, it 
     
     was renamed Urbainville as a tribute to Urbain Arsenault 
     
     (1808-1901), the oldest man in the community and one of 
     
     the pioneers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mont-Carmel Parish 
     
    
   
   
    
     No matter how hard you look, you won’t find a mountain 
     
     anywhere nearby! The village was dedicated to the Blessed 
     
     Virgin under the name Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (Our 
     
     Lady of Mount Carmel). Originally, however, the early pio- 
     
     neers called their new settlement Le Grand Ruisseau (“Large 
     
     Stream”). Oral tradition kept this name alive for a long time. 
     
     The tourist complex encompassing the Acadian Pioneer Village 
     
    
   
   
    
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