Madawaska County

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Madawaska County is a largely rural county in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada, known for its Acadian heritage and border location along the Saint John River opposite the U.S. state of Maine.

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Madawaska County canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
borderFeature Saint John River
borders Aroostook County, Maine
Maine
United States
borderType international border county
characterizedAs largely rural
containsMunicipality Edmundston
Grand Falls
Saint-Léonard
Saint-Quentin
containsParish Drummond Parish
Grand Falls Parish
Madawaska Parish
Saint-André Parish
Saint-Basile Parish
Saint-François Parish
Saint-Hilaire Parish
Saint-Jacques Parish
Saint-Léonard Parish
country Canada
hasCountySeat Edmundston
hasDemonym Madawaskan
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
cross-border trade
forestry
hasHeritage Acadian heritage
hasSignificantCommunity Acadian community
Francophone community
hasTransportationLink New Brunswick Route 17
New Brunswick Route 2
Trans-Canada Highway
knownFor Acadian culture
rural character
largestCity Edmundston
locatedIn Atlantic Canada
New Brunswick
locatedInCensusDivision Madawaska Census Division
locatedInRegion northwestern New Brunswick
locatedOn Saint John River
locatedOpposite Aroostook County, Maine across the Saint John River
officialLanguageStatus bilingual (English and French)
partOf Province of New Brunswick
partOfCulturalRegion Brayons region
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone
traversedByRiver Saint John River

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