Madawaska
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Madawaska is the name of the north-west region of New Brunswick, Canada. Its main city is Edmundston, New Brunswick. It is also the name of a border-town in north-eastern Maine, in the United States.
The area was named after the First Nations Madoueskaks tribe, that inhabited the whole of the Saint John river valley from Grand Falls, New Brunswick to Sept-Īles, Quebec. The earliest European settlers were the Acadian who moved to the area to escape the British. The area was ground-zero of the Aroostook War, a border dispute led by businessman and political activist John Baker.
HVDC back-to-back station
At Madawaska there is an HVDC back-to-back station for electric power exchange with Canada. It was built by General Electric in 1985 and can transfer a maximum power of 350 megawatts at 140 kV DC. Template:Canada-geo-stub