Acadian Roadside Wood Panels (Tom Cote)

Le Grand Portage

When the Acadians fled the St John River, a major stopping point was Grand Falls in Canada.

Roosevelt School

588 Hamlin Road (US Route 1A), Hamlin

47.117713, -67.887451

Harvest on the Family Farm

Family farm in the fall. Everyone took part in the harvest either in the home or out in the field.

Governor Brann School Building

218 Caribou Road (US Route 1)

Cyr Plantation

47.121668, -67.962016

Tante Blanche

While the men were away working in the woods, Tante Blanche helped care for the women and children of the area. She saved many lives during those first winters by distributing food and supplies to the women and children left behind.

Tante Blanche Museum

774B US Route 1, St. David (Madawaska)

47.348930, -68.276245

The Four Seasons

Depiction of life over the course of the year in the St. John Valley.

Ste. Agathe Historical Society Museum

477 Main Street, St. Agatha

47.236564, -68.300494

Maple Sugar Camp

Scene of tapping the maple trees in late winter or early spring for its sap which was collected and carried to the sugar house by horse-drawn sled where it was boiled down to make syrup and sugar.

Frenchville Heritage Park & Historical Society

306 US Route 1, Frenchville

47.279919, -68.388698

Forestry

Logging was the most important industry in the Valley. Many communities were settled around this work and it was hard work from sun-up to sundown.

Veteran’s Memorial Park

Town Square, Portage Lake

46.759937, -68.475950