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Madawaska

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1785 to 1842
    The first Acadians traveled down the St. John River and arrived in the Madawaska area in 1785. The population of the upper St. John River valley had reached 174 by 1790. By 1800, 32 of the 80 families were Acadians, while 28 more had one spouse that was Acadian.

 
     The northern portion of Maine was claimed by both Canada and the U.S. for many years. In the Bouchette map of 1831 (below), northern Maine (including Madawaska south of the river) was depicted as part of Canada. Clicking on the image will bring up a larger view showing the location of Madawaska above the Maine boundary.
A map of the boundary dispute was published in The American Nation (1906).
     Finally, in 1842, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty resolved the boundaries to be along the St. John and St. Francis rivers.
 
      
 

LINKS:
  • The Daigle Family of Madawaska
     - History of the Madawaska Acadians
  • Acadian Culture in Maine
  • Survey of the Madawaska Settlement, 1831
  • Acadian Archives, University of Maine at Fort Kent
  • Madawaska's Acadian Festival
  • Upper St. John River Valley
  • Madawaska
  

Google Map - Madawaska area

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