Sign showing the location of the property of Michel Hache-Gallant
The property was not far from Port LaJoye built in 1720 to protect French farming and fishing interests on Isle St. Jean (Prince Edward Island) and Fort Amhurst, built in 1758 by the British after the fall of Louisbourg.
The garrison from Fort Amhurst was later moved to new quarters in Charlottetown and the site was leased to tenant farmers.
This was the property of Michel Hache-Gallant, husband of Anne-Marie Cormier, who in 1720, sailed his schooner here from Acadie to begin a new life on French soil.
During the early days of the colony, he transported supplies and passengers between what is now Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island.
Michel's children later married in this established community and formed the core of the Acadian population in the area.
Today, many Gallants in the province can trace their roots back to this pioneer settler.
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