The district includes all of the County of Madawaska (except Saint-André) and all of the County of Restigouche except the extreme eastern part.
One local campaign issue concerned whether and how much government should support the forestry company J. D. Irving.
In 1998, the New Brunswick portion of the Restigouche River was designated (as "Upper Restigouche"), while the Quebec portion was not.
Five Fingers, New Brunswick, a community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick
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.
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.