Pierre LeBlanc

Pierre LeBlanc (c. 1720 – July 6, 1799) was an Acadian pioneer and co-founder of Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia.

[1] He was born in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia around 1720, the son of Jacques Le Blanc and Élisabeth Boudrot.

In 1771, LeBlanc and fellow exile, François Doucet, sailed to Nova Scotia.

They explored the area of Clare, where fellow Acadians had returned from exile and lived since 1768.

In 1772, Pierre and his family returned to Nova Scotia and settled in Pointe-de-l’Église.