Madawaska County, New Brunswick

Madawaska
County
Location of Madawaska County. Location of Madawaska County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1873
Area
• Land	3,463.05 km2 (1,337.09 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	33,422
• Density	9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.9%
• Dwellings	15,514
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	506

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Map of municipal government units in Madawaska County.

Madawaska County (2011 population 33,422), also known as the "New Brunswick Panhandle", is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Over 90% of the county's population speaks French. Its Francophone population are known as "Brayons." Forestry is the major industry in the county.

History

The first inhabitants of what is now called Madawaska County were the Maliseet or Wolastoqiyik, who occupied and used the land along the Saint John River Valley north to the St. Lawrence River and south to the Penobscot River. There is debate concerning the true origin of the word "Madawaska". The earliest settlers were from Quebec. The area was the focus of the bloodless Aroostook War, a border dispute led by businessman and political activist John Baker.

The earliest settlers of the Upper Saint John River Valley can be clearly verified with and

The second link displays census results taken in 1820 of the Madawaska region where most families had originated from Quebec.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are ten incorporated municipalities within Madawaska County (listed by 2011 population):

Official Name	Designation	Area km2	Pop 2011	Parish
Edmundston	City	107.00	16,032	Madawaska
Saint-Léonard	Town	5.20	1,343	Saint-Léonard
Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska	Village	9.21	1,002	Sainte-Anne
Clair	Village	10.39	857	Clair
Saint-André	Rural community	8.12	819	Saint-André Parish
Rivière-Verte	Village	7.00	744	Rivière-Verte
Lac-Baker	Village	37.12	719	Lac-Baker
Baker-Brook	Village	12.29	585	Baker Brook
Saint-François-de-Madawaska	Village	6.34	533	Saint-François
Saint-Hilaire	Village	5.67	303	Saint-Hilaire

First Nations

There is one First Nations reserve in Madawaska County (listed by 2011 population):

Official Name	Designation	Area km2	Pop 2011	Parish
St. Basile 10	Reserve	3.21	205	Saint-Basile

Parishes

The county is subdivided into fourteen parishes (listed by 2011 population):

Official Name	Area km2	Pop 2011	Incorporated municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Saint-Joseph	322.89	2,171		Deuxième-Sault / Francoeur / Lévesque / Rang-des-Bossé / Rang-des-Couturier / Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska / Sicard / Toussaint / Violette
Saint-Jacques	299.80	1,599		Ennemond / Grandmaison / Moulin-Morneault / Patrieville / Petite-Rivière-à-la-Truite / Saint-Jacques / St. Joseph Settlement
Saint-André	128.08	1,134	Saint-André (rural community)	Comeau Ridge / Gaudreau Park / Lévesque Settlement / McManus Siding / Powers Creek / Saint-Amand / Woodville
Saint-Léonard	343.97	1,052	Saint-Léonard (town)	Bellefleur / Coombes Road / Cyr Junction / Grand-Ruisseau / Martin Siding / Poitras / Rang-des-Bourgoin / Saint-Léonard-Parent
Sainte-Anne	369.30	949	Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska (village)	Fourche-à-Clark / Miller Line Cache / Prime / Rang-des-Deschêne / Ringuette Settlement / Siegas / Siegas Lake Settlement / Sirois
Saint-Basile	129.74	717	St. Basile 10 (native reserve)	Boniface Bridge / Green River Settlement / Jalbert / Maillet / Montagne-des-Therrien / Rang-des-Lavoie /
Rivière-Verte	715.60	686	Rivière-Verte (village)	Beardsley Depot / Davis Mill / Montagne-de-la-Croix / Montagne-des-Roy / Rang-des-Hubert
Saint-François	344.70	630	Saint-François-de-Madawaska (village)	Concession-des-Jaunes / Concession-des-Viel / Connors / Lac-Unique / Little River Mills / Mouth of St. Francis / Pelletiers Mill / Val Oakes
Saint-Hilaire	41.55	490	Saint-Hilaire (village)	Riceville
Clair	44.18	297	Clair (village)	Caron Brook / Concession-des-Lang / Concession-des-Vasseur / Crockett / Les Rapides
Baker Brook	125.48	287	Baker-Brook (village)	Concession-de-Baker-Brook / Concession-des-Ouellette / Rang-des-Morneault / Rang-Saint-Joseph / Val-Lambert / Val-Nadeau
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes	188.63	263		Durette Settlement / Flemming / Harrison Brook Settlement / La Montagne / Lower Siegas / Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Lac-Baker	24.29	5	Lac-Baker (village)	Boundary / Portage-du-Lac / Rang-des-Collin / Saint-Castin / Pelletiers Mill / Soucy
Madawaska	173.32	0	Edmundston (city)

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Madawaska County, New Brunswick
Year Pop. ±% 1991 36,554 —     1996 36,814 +0.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 35,611 −3.3% 2006 34,071 −4.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 33,422 −1.9%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Madawaska County, New Brunswick
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		32,510		30,500	2.2%	93.82%		1,530	8.1%	4.71%		300	13.2%	0.92%		180	54.4%	0.55%
2006		33,510		31,185	4.7%	93.06%		1,665	6.1%	4.97%		265	26.4%	0.79%		395	119.4%	1.18%
2001		34,845		32,735	3.8%	93.94%		1,570	14.2%	4.51%		360	14.3%	1.03%		180	44.0%	0.52%
1996		36,300		34,030	n/a	93.75%		1,830	n/a	5.04%		315	n/a	0.87%		125	n/a	0.34%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:

• Highways
  • Route 2 (TCH)
  • Route 17

• Principal Routes
  • Route 120
  • Route 144

• Secondary Routes:
  • Route 205
  • Route 215

• External Routes:
  • U.S. Route 1
  • Quebec Route 185
  • Quebec Route 289

Protected areas and attractions

See also: List of historic places in Madawaska County, New Brunswick

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Madawaska County, New Brunswick

See also

• Republic of Madawaska
• Brayon
• List of communities in New Brunswick

External links

• Madawaska County Guide
• http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/MADAWAS.htm
• http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/Madawas%20Pictures.pdf