A salient , panhandle , or bootheel is an elongated protrusion of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state .
5-477: Madawaska County (2016 population 32,741), also known as the " New Brunswick Panhandle ", is located in northwestern New Brunswick , Canada. Over 90% of the county's population speaks French . Its Francophone population are known as " Brayons ." Forestry is the major industry in the county. The first inhabitants of what is now called Madawaska County were the Maliseet or Wolastoqiyik , who occupied and used
10-442: A peninsula in shape, a salient is most often not surrounded by water on three sides. Instead, it has a land border on at least two sides and extends from the larger geographical body of the administrative unit. In American English , the term panhandle is often used to describe a relatively long and narrow salient, such as the westernmost extensions of Florida and Oklahoma , or the northernmost portion of Idaho . Another term
15-590: A population of 32,603 living in 14,905 of its 15,851 total private dwellings, a change of -0.4% from its 2016 population of 32,741 . With a land area of 3,454.97 km (1,333.97 sq mi), it had a population density of 9.4/km (24.4/sq mi) in 2021. Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits: 47°25′17.1″N 68°21′38.2″W / 47.421417°N 68.360611°W / 47.421417; -68.360611 Salient (geography) While similar to
20-578: The Madawaska region taken in 1820 showing where most families had originated from Quebec. There are ten municipalities within Madawaska County (listed by 2016 population): There is one First Nations reserve in Madawaska County (listed by 2016 population): The county is subdivided into fourteen parishes (listed by 2016 population): As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Madawaska County had
25-732: The land along the Saint John River Valley north to the St. Lawrence River and south to the Penobscot River . There is debate concerning the true origin of the word "Madawaska". The earliest settlers were from Quebec. The area was the focus of the bloodless Aroostook War , a border dispute led by businessman and political activist John Baker. The earliest settlers of the Upper Saint John River Valley have been clearly verified, with census results of
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