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Both Edmundston, New Brunswick, and the Town of Madawaska, Maine, grew from the settlement of Acadian families along the Upper St. John River beginning in the mid-1780s. It remained a predominantly agricultural community through the nineteenth century. Though the town had boasted sawmills and carding mills, it entered the industrial era with the arrival of the Fraser Company in 1925.

The mills seen on the U.S. side of the river are still in operation; as of 2024, they are owned by the Twin Rivers Paper Company. The international bridge spanning the river on the left was built in 1922. The Canadian National rail yard appears in the foreground. Some of the buildings on the Madawaska side can be seen in greater detail in MMN item 148620, which dates from the same period.

The photo is attributed simply to Hastings. The card is not dated or postmarked; the publisher operated in Tenants Harbor in the late 1970s, when other cards in its catalog were published.

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About This Item

• Title: Madawaska as seen from Edmundston, New Brunswick, ca. 1975
• Creator: Eastern Illustrating Company
• Creation Date: circa 1975
• Subject Date: circa 1975
• Locations:
  • Madawaska, Aroostook County, ME
  • Edmundston, Madawaska County, NB, Canada
• Media: Photographic postcard
• Dimensions: 9.0 cm x 13.9 cm
• Local Code: MCC-00461
• Collection: Jean Paul Michaud Collection II
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Acadians
• Franco-Americans
• Madawaska (Me.)
• Northeast boundary of the United States
• Paper mills
• Saint John River (Me. and N.B.)

Other Keywords

• Bridges
• Canada-U.S. border
• French Canadians
• International boundary
• St. John Valley

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Item 10353

International Bridge, Madawaska, ca. 1925

Item 148620

Main Street, Madawaska, ca. 1975

Item 148666

Fraser mill and international bridge, Madawaska, ca. 1940

Item 149036

Fraser mill, Madawaska, ca. 1930

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