MADAWASKA COUNTY, NEW BRUNSWICK

Map of New Brunswick highlighting Madawaska County.png

'Madawaska County' (2001 population 35,611), also known as the "'New Brunswick Panhandle'", is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Over 90% of the county's population speaks French. Forestry is the major industry in the county.

Contents
History
List of towns in Madawaska County
See also
External links

History


The area was named after the First Nations Madoueskaks tribe, that inhabited the whole of the Saint John River valley from Grand Falls, New Brunswick to Sept-ÃŽles, Quebec. The earliest European settlers were the Acadian who moved to the area to escape the British. The area was ground-zero of the Aroostook War, a border dispute led by businessman and political activist John Baker.

List of towns in Madawaska County


Map of municipal government units in Madawaska County.

The numbers in brackets represent the population as of 2001.
'Municipalities'

★ City of Edmundston (17,373)

★ Town of Saint-Leonard (1,385)

★ Village of Ste-Anne-de-Madawaska (1,168)

★ Village of Clair (863)

★ Village of Riviere-Verte (856)

★ Village of Baker Brook (599)

★ Village of St-Francois-de-Madawaska (572)

★ Rural Community of Saint-Andre (415)

★ Village of St-Hilaire (237)

★ Village of Lac-Baker (226)
'Unincorporated'

★ Notre-Dame-des-Lourdes (306)

★ Siegas (272)

See also



★ Republic of Madawaska

★ Brayon

External links



★ http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/MADAWAS.htm

★ http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/Madawas%20Pictures.pdf

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