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From: Malcolm Paterson <>
Subject: [QUEBEC] Re: QUEBEC-D Digest V99 #236
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 13:25:39 -0400


Hi Kelly and Lew;

Lew, you're quite right so far as the town of Madawaska is concerned. But
that entire region of New Brunswick, the finger which juts out between
Maine and Québec, together with the adjoining regions in Maine and Québec,
is known collectively as the Madawaska, named for one of the rivers in the
area, a tributary of the St. John, which is a well known spawning ground of
the Atlantic Salmon. Thus, Madawaska, Québec could indicate that part of
the region which lies in the Province of Québec.

Cheers!

Malcolm

>Lew - According to my atlas, Madawaska is in Maine on the St. John river .
>However, some of my DESCHENES records (which are baptismal records held at
the
>Catholic church at St. Basile) are listed using St. Basile, New Brunswick and
>Madawaska interchangeably. Perhaps someone with more authority can tell you
>more.
>
>Kelly Ward, Schoolcraft, Michigan USA
>
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>Does anyone know where Madawaska, Quebec, is?
>I can't find it on any of my maps.
>
>Lew Moore
>Tasmania
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