New Canada, Aroostook County
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County
Aroostook County (set off from Hancock County to Penobscot County in 1816, to Aroostook County in 1843)
Organized
1840 as Hancock Plantation for election purposes, together with the township later Wallagrass (set off in 1859)
Reorganized
1881 as New Canada Plantation from Hancock Plantation (Varney's 1886 Gazetteer gives the plantation name as "Casco"); organized for the assessment of taxes in 1887, 1892, and 1896
Incorporated
1976 as the town of New Canada
Previous Designations
Township No. 17, Sixth Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T17 R6 WELS)
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Daigle
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Fort Kent, T16 R6 WELS, T17 R5 WELS, Wallagrass
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: New Canada
Cemeteries
Holy Family Cemetery, Daigle, Maine
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: New Canada Plantation
General Resources
The Upper St. John River Valley: New Canada Plantation
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