Les Brayons are a francophone people inhabiting the area in and around Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. (The feminine of the same term is les brayonnes, and both terms are also used as adjectives, as in "brayon culture", or "la culture brayonne".) Given their location in New Brunswick (a Canadian Maritime Province), they are considered by many to be Acadiens. Conversely, given their proximity to the Province of Québec, many Acadians consider them to be non-resident Québécois. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Edmundston is a city in Madawaska County at the junction of the Saint John and Madawaska Rivers in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada only a few kilometres from the border with Quebec and on the border with the United States, opposite the town of Madawaska, Maine. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope restored) Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Official languages English, French (the only constitutionally bilingual province in the country) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson - Premier Shawn Graham (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 10 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st... The Maritimes or Maritime provinces are a region of Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. ... Look up Québécois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The Brayons view themselves as neither Acadien nor Québécois, affirming that they are a distinctive culture with a history and heritage linked to farming and forestry in the Madawaska area, unlike both the primarily maritime heritage of the Acadiens and the ancestral St. Lawrence valley heritage and history of the Québécois. Acadians are the original French settlers of parts of the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. ... Look up Québécois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ... Madawaska is the name of the north-west region of New Brunswick, Canada. ... Look up Québécois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Flag of the République du Madawaska.^[1]

This view of uniqueness led (at least jokingly) to the founding of the République du Madawaska during the Aroostook War, wherein some Brayons, disgusted with the actions of both British and American interlopers on their ancestral lands, declared themselves allied with neither, and independent. Of course, the “République” was never formally recognised, and was ultimately split by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty into American and Canadian parts. The Republic of Madawaska occupies the northwest corner of Madawaska County, New Brunswick (also known as the New Brunswick Panhandle), and lies partially in adjacent areas of Quebec and Aroostook County in the American state of Maine. ... The Republic of Madawaska occupies the northwest corner of Madawaska County, New Brunswick (also known as the New Brunswick Panhandle), and lies partially in adjacent areas of Quebec and Aroostook County in the American state of Maine. ... Combatants United States of America British Empire/British North America Strength 3,000–10,000 3,000–10,000 Casualties 38 incidental deaths The Aroostook War, also called the Pork and Beans War,the Lumberjacks War or the Northeastern Boundary Dispute, was an undeclared confrontation in 1838-39 between... The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, settled the dispute over the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border between the United States and Great Britain and the shared use of the Great Lakes. ...

The spirit of the République du Madawaska lives on, at least in the hearts and minds of local residents. The République has own flag (designed in 1938) that flies in and around Edmundston. ^[2] the honorary Président de la République (President of the Republic) is the current Mayor of Edmundston, and there is a small Musée de la République (museum of the Republic) in Edmundston dedicated to Brayon history. The heritage of les Brayons is celebrated annually in the Foire Brayonne, a music and cultural festival. The Republic of Madawaska occupies the northwest corner of Madawaska County, New Brunswick (also known as the New Brunswick Panhandle), and lies partially in adjacent areas of Quebec and Aroostook County in the American state of Maine. ... Edmundston is a city at the junction of the Saint John and Madawaska Rivers in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada only a few kilometres from the border with Quebec. ... Edmundston is a city at the junction of the Saint John and Madawaska Rivers in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada only a few kilometres from the border with Quebec. ... Edmundston is a city at the junction of the Saint John and Madawaska Rivers in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada only a few kilometres from the border with Quebec. ... The Foire Brayonne is a music and cultural festival held each summer in Edmundston, New Brunswick since 1979. ...

Notes

1. ^ Flag by Luc Baronian at FOTW Flags Of The World.
2. ^ In a curious historical note, the flag of the "Republic" apparently resembles an "American" flag raised by John Baker during the Aroostook War. See "Under his own flag".