At the time of MacWhirter's visit in the 1910s, "[t]he old house, recently repaired [was] a veritable museum of relics of the French period." James Le Moine, a late 19th century chronicler, concurred:Mr. Busteed's house … contains several interesting relics of former times—substantial mementoes of the strife which in 1690 and 1758–60 raged between the navies of France and England. At the entrance of the Restigouche, Admiral Byron sunk a French frigate close to Cross Point; a few miles lower down, Percé and Bonaventure had been mercilessly pillaged in 1690. The hulls of the French vessels can yet be seen in very low tides, from one of which a massive cannon was procured some years back, and now ornaments the fireplace of Mr. Busteed’s dwelling; it was shown to us.The property on which the house was built was thought to be near to—or coextensive with—the Acadian settlement of Petite-Rochelle, which was sacked by the British on . Locals, including the Busteeds, have long maintained collections of historical artifacts dating from the period of French occupation.