Chipoudy

Chipoudy (now known as Shepody, New Brunswick) was an Acadian village, founded in 1698 and destroyed in 1755.

The village was situated on the west side of Shepody Bay, at the foot of Caledonian Hills, in the region where the ground is low, the Chipoudy marshes. It was part of most of the region of Trois-Rivières. The main water supply is the Chipoudy river. The village corresponds to approximately the territory that lies between pointe à Marie and cap des Demoiselles, which is now in the Albert county, south-east of New Brunswick.

History

Chipoudy was founded by poitevin Pierre Thibaudeau. He founded the village in 1698, with his four sons and a friend. After that, his friend, Guillaume Blanchard and his two sons, founded and established themselves in Petitcodiac.

Deportation

In August 1755, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Monckton sent Captain Sylvanus Cobb to deport the population of Chipoudy. The English soldiers were sent to Beaubassin, Petitcodiac, Chipoudy, and Memramcook to take the Acadians prisoners. However, through guidance by the local missionary, Father LeGuerne, the Acadians hid in the woods. Then, on 26 August, Lieutenant Boishébert of Miramichi and 125 soldiers and a group of Micmacs, surprised 200 Englishmen, under the command of Major Joseph Frye. The English had set fire to the church of Chipoudy and 181 homes, as well as 250 houses in Petitcodiac. Boishébert gave the order to attack at the moment that the English were setting fire to the church of Petitcodiac. After three hours of fierce fighting, the English retreated, leaving behind 50 dead, and around 60 wounded. It was thus that 200 families were able to escape the deportation.^[1]

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