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unusual facts about Madawaska—Restigouche


Madawaska—Restigouche

The district includes all of the County of Madawaska (except Saint-André) and all of the County of Restigouche except the extreme eastern part.


Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan

"Al Capone's Hideout", an Upper Madawaska Theatre Group production, is a musical comedy based on the true story of Al Capone's stay in the area in 1942, when he and his gang hid out near Quadeville, Ontario.

Canadian Heritage Rivers System

In 1998, the New Brunswick portion of the Restigouche River was designated (as "Upper Restigouche"), while the Quebec portion was not.

Five Fingers

Five Fingers, New Brunswick, a community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick

Fort Kent, Maine

The town is economically and culturally linked to the Canadian towns of Clair and Saint-François-de-Madawaska, both in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, directly across the St. John River.

Fraser Papers

Fraser's 3,700 employees worked in several pulp and paper mills in North America, including in Madawaska, Maine and in New Hampshire in the US, and Thurso, Quebec, and Edmundston, New Brunswick in Canada.

Gérald Clavette

Clavette was first elected to the New Brunswick legislature in the 1967 provincial election representing Madawaska.

Jean-Guy Laforest

From 1979 to 1987, he owned and operated a restaurant and night club in Madawaska, Maine.

John Inglis and Company

In 1951 they completed a new plant in Scarborough, Ontario to produce the English Electric Yarrows-100 naval steam turbine under license for Canadian destroyers, including the St. Laurent-class and Restigouche-class.

Lucien Lessard

He served as Minister of Public Works until 1977, Minister of Transportation until 1979 and Minister of Recreation, Hunting and Fishing from 1979 to 1982, during which he helped trigger a series of controversial police raids on the Mi'gmaq community of Restigouche, a role he discussed with Alanis Obomsawin in her 1984 film Incident at Restigouche.

Ploye

A ploye is a pancake type mix of buckwheat flour, wheat flour, baking powder and water which is extremely popular in the Madawaska region (New Brunswick), Canada and northern Maine, United States.

Restigouche-La-Vallée

One local campaign issue concerned whether and how much government should support the forestry company J. D. Irving.


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