The event, held each summer near the village’s border with Hubbard’s Point, began at around 10 a.m.

A team of volunteers was on hand to help build the haystack, which was finished by about noon.

Previously the focal point of a festival in its own right, the haystack preparation has been made part of the Festival acadien international de Par-en-Bas, which consists of activities throughout the Municipality of Argyle.

More festival activities were to be held Saturday in Amirault’s Hill after the haystack was done, including a mass under a tent, a turkey supper and an evening of musical entertainment.

Festival activities also were scheduled for this weekend in West Pubnico.

The Par-en-Bas festival continues until July 27, its concluding night activities to be held in Wedgeport.

ERIC BOURQUE PHOTOS