The first settlers at Arsenault Siding, later to be called Saint-Martin of Restigouche, came in 1913. In 1918, Élias Morin gave twenty acres of land for the construction of a chapel. It was built by Léonce Charron and Alfred Aubut, who each receiv

ed $75 as salary. In 1926, Léonce Charron built the rectory. From 1919, the mission was served by the parish priest of Kedgwick until the nomination of the first parish priest, Fathert Léon Gagnon in 1931. Then in 1936, Saint-Martin became a missi

on of Saint-Quentin until 1948, the year when Thomas Beaulieu was appointed parish priest in Saint-Quentin. A larger church was built in 1958. Photo around 1935. (Source http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/u/b/Therese-Aubut/WEBSITE-0001/

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