LB2016.15.1568

LB2016.15.1568

View of the St. John River, Van Buren, Maine It begins, in its Southwest Branch, from Little St. John Lake in the unorganized township of T5 R20 WELS on Maine's northwestern border with the province of Quebec, Canada. The Northwest Branch is born in Beaver Pond in the northwestern township T12 R17 WELS. This Branch is joined by the Daaquam River flowing from Quebec. The two branches combine to form the St. John River in Big Ten Township. Its 331 mile length drains 8,765 square miles of mostly wilderness until it again forms the border with Canada, this time with the Province of New Brunswick, at the town of St. Francis. The River, the longest in Maine, flows through the towns of Allagash, St. Francis, St. John (Plantation), Fort Kent, Frenchville, Madawaska, Grand Isle, Van Buren, and Hamlin before becoming completely absorbed in New Brunswick. The St. John played an important role in the escape of many Acadians from English oppression in the 1750's, serving as a water route to the St. John Valley, home to the above-mentioned communities. Almost one hundred years later, it defined much of Maine's border with Canada as a result of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. https://maineanencyclopedia.com/st-john-river/ "102K" Card addressed to Miss Emily Matthews, 2926 P St., NW, Washington, D.C. Card dated Aug. 18, 12 M (no visible year)