Barrios Beach & Barrio Head BARRIOS BEACH, Antigonish County

A settlement about two miles noth of Tracadie Lake named after the Bariault
or Barrio family.  This Acadian family was among the first settlers of Tracadie,
and had come from St. Pierre and Miquelon via Arichat in the years after the
deportation.  The Acadians called this beach "La point du Cimetiere."  The
school section is also known as East Tracadie.  Benjamine Boudrot was
appointed postmaster in July 1, 1868.

The population in 1956 was 143.
 
 

BARRIO HEAD, Antigonish County

A cliff of red sandstone on the south shore of George Bay in the Tracadie area.