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is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,534 at the 2000 census. Madawaska is opposite Edmundston in Madawaska County in New Brunswick, Canada, to which it is connected by the Edmundston-Madawaska Bridge. Today many of its residents speak French; 83.4% of the population speak French at home. Madawaska is the northernmost town in New England and is the northeastern most town in the continental United States. It has nearly the same latitude as Federal Way, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, but is significantly colder in the winter. Summers are somewhat warmer and dryer.
Madawaska is a rural town whose economy centers around the paper industry. Canadian corporation Fraser Paper has a large facility located in Madawaska which processes the pulp produced by Fraser's main plant in Edmundston. The pulp is shipped across the border through a mile-long high pressure pipeline running between both facilities, and is made into paper in Madawaska. The Madawaska mill specializes in fine-grade papers. The town's economy is highly dependent upon cross-border trade, to the extent that Madawaksa and its larger sister city of Edmundston are considered under many aspects as a single economic entity.
Madawaska was at the center of the bloodless Aroostook War. Madawaska Historical Society