Welcome to the Town of
Madawaska, Maine
1604 to 1998
- 1604 - Samuel de Champlain discovered the St. John River
- 1785 - The first group of Acadians traveled up the St. John River and established the foundation for a settlement in the Madawaska Territory.
- 1785 - The Acadians erected a cross made from two small pine trees.
- 1785 - Settlers met with Malecites and their Chief Francois-Xavier
- 1793 - First church built
- 1797 - Year of the great famine, crops destroyed two years in a row by floods and early frosts
- 1812- War of 1812 and boundary dispute
- 1831 - State of Maine passes an "Act to incorporate the Town of Madawaska"
- 1869 Town of Madawaska is officially incorporated on February 21
- 1871 - Parish of St. David is founded
- 1878 - Temiscouata Railroad completed
- 1889 - Local enrollment in the militia of Maine was comprised of 206 men
- 1891 - Town begins to keep Birth Records
- 1911- Voted down by a margin of 181 to 8 that Augusta would be the seat of government in Maine
- 1915 - Bangor & Aroostook Railroad reach Madawaska
- 1921 - Voted yes on International Bridge Road Construction
- 1925 - Fraser Paper Incorporated to locate in Madawaska on April 16 and in May construction of the mill began
- 1947 - Town adopts selectmen-town manager form of government
- 1949 - Madawaska High School built
- 1970 - Population 5585
- 1986 - Bicentennial celebrated 1785-1985
- 1994 - Madawaska celebrated its 125th Anniversary
- 1998 - Valley Paper LCC opened
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