Edmundston, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Lying at the confluence of the Saint John and Madawaska rivers, wood-pulping EDMUNDSTON is the largest town in the north of New Brunswick, with a population of nearly twelve thousand. It's a brash, modern place, where a profusion of flashing neon signs proclaim the proximity of the USA, which lies just over the biggest of the town's three bridges. Edmundston is mainly French-speaking and, curiously, regards itself as the capital of the enclave known as the Republic of Madawaska , the snout-shaped tract of Canadian territory jutting out into the state of Maine. While the idea of an independent state here … more »