When the U.S. and Canada blocked nonessential travel across the border, it halted a way of life that residents fear may not return. 'I don't think it'll be back to normal,' one resident said, 'It might take five or six years, I think.'
Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge connects Madawaska, Maine and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. With visits from Canadian customers having evaporated, many businesses in Madawaska, including gas stations and convenience stores, have been hit hard.Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge connects Madawaska, Maine and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada.
"Well, a good example is, my mother was born in Edmundston, which is right across the border," Theriault says."My father was born in Van Buren. So half my relatives are over there, and the other half are over here. So there's a lot of back-and-forth. Visiting aunts, uncles, grandparents. It was always a back-and-forth with the border."Since the 1970s, the population in Madawaska has fallen to less than 4,000 as the local paper mill has laid off workers.
Theriault says he can still cross to get parts for his garage door businesses. But other travel, like to see family, has stopped. Many businesses in Madawaska, including gas stations and convenience stores, were hit hard when visits from Canadian customers evaporated.
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