Michel Bastarache dit Basque (7 February 1730 – 15 January 1820) is notable in Canadian history for his role in the expulsion of the Acadians from New Brunswick.
They reached Lake Ontario, were captured by Iroquois, and ransomed by a fur trader who took them to Quebec, where they arrived in September 1756.
Bastarache learned that his wife had fled to Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island).
He brought his wife and children back to New Brunswick where they went into hiding again, where Pierre Du Calvet made note of them living in 1761.
A large number of families requested deportation to France, but were refused permission to leave as they were considered British subjects.