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3 unusual facts about Joseph Broussard


Joseph Broussard

In the Action of 8 June 1755, a naval battle off Cape Race, Newfoundland, on board the French ships Alcide and Lys were found 10,000 scalping knives for Acadians and Indians serving under Chief Jean-Baptiste Cope and Acadian Beausoleil as they continue to fight Father Le Loutre's War.

He lived much of his life at Le Cran (present day Stoney Creek, Albert County, New Brunswick) along the Petitcodiac River with his wife Agnes and their eleven children.

Milton, Louisiana

Early Acadian landowners in the area included Francois Broussard, son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil; Jean Bernard; Pierre Vincent; Michel Meaux; Jean-Baptiste Trahan; and Joseph Boudreaux.


History of the Acadians

Some Acadians escaped into the woods and lived with the Mi'kmaq; some bands of partisans fought the British, including a group led by Joseph Broussard, known as "Beausoleil", along the Peticodiac River of New Brunswick.


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