Contributed by Acadian Archives
Description
Fort Kent is located at the junction of the St. John River and the Fish River. A mill was built on the site in the 1820s and the hamlet grew with an influx of people of Acadian and French-Canadian descent. The registers of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Louis opened in 1870. The town continued to grow with the establishment of the Madawaska Training School (now the University of Maine at Fort Kent) and, in 1952, the hospital that is today Northern Maine Medical Center. The region remains linked to its agricultural roots and to the logging industry.
The photograph, taken near the hospital on East Main Street, shows, in the left foreground, St. Louis Cemetery. Farther in the distance we find the steeple of St. Louis Church. The confluence of the two rivers, partially hidden by trees and exposed rocks, is near the center of the image. Clair, New Brunswick, appears across the river on the right-hand side of the picture. The steeple of the church of Saint-François-d'Assise lies in the distance behind the potato fields.
The back of the postcard provides the location and credits the photograph to Fred Bush. A copyright year of 1979 is given, but the photograph may have been taken earlier. Eastern Illustrating, located in Tenants Harbor, Maine, published the card.
About This Item
- Title: St. John River, Fort Kent, ca. 1979
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company
- Creation Date: 1979
- Subject Date: 1979
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Locations:
- Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME
- Clair, Madawaska County, NB, Canada
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 8.9 cm x 13.8 cm
- Local Code: MCC-00461
- Collection: Jean Paul Michaud Collection II
- Object Type: Image
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Acadian ArchivesUMFK, 23 University Drive, Fort Kent, ME 04743
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