Barachois, Partie de la Pointe Blanche / East White Point Cove Silver gelatin photo-composite Image dimension: 34-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches (885 x 250 mm) Frame dimension: 43-5/16 x 18-13/16 inches (1100 x 480 mm) Edition of three (3). Signed & numbered 1/3. Printed: January 2008 For sale: Cnd $650. Framed / ready to hang "BARRASOIS or BARACHOIS -- A descriptive name found in many places throughout Nova Scotia. The word is from Acadian French "Barre a cheoir," and means lagoon or pond. It is generally applied to ponds separated from large bodies of water by necks of land or sand bars. "In Pichon's History (1760) he refers to the name "Barachois" thus: "They give the name in this country to small ponds near the sea from which they are separated only by a kind of causeway. There is no possibility of travelling even the distance of a league along the coast of Cape Breton without meeting with some of these pieces of water."" --Thomas J. Brown, Place-Names of Nova Scotia (1922) PREV | MAIN | NEXT