Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada, lies across a free bridge from the town of Lubec, Maine.  The island boasts the historic Roosevelt- Campobello International Park; a large provincial park with campground, RV-park, and golf course; and two lighthouses - including Head Harbor (East Quoddy) Light, New Brunswick's most photographed lighthouse.

Campobello Island was visited by Sieur de Mons and Samuel de Champlain in 1604, as they explored the area.  The first English settlers came to the island after the Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley in 1755.  This was the expulsion that Longfellow romanticized in his poem "Evangeline." 

During the late 1700s and early 1800s, Campobello was a transfer point in the smuggling trade between Britain and

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Campobello Whale Watch Co. and Motel

Friar's Bay Motor Lodge & Restaurant

Roosevelt-Campobello International Park

The Water's Edge Villas

the United States.  The next decades saw friction between Maine and New Brunswick over their border, so in 1842, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty set the boundary between Maine and the British colony of New Brunswick.  Campobello has been a part of New Brunswick ever since.

Yet the island continues to be tied to the United States.  Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited the island many times until 1939, calling Campobello his "beloved island."  The 2,800-acre Roosevelt-Campobello International Park was dedicated in 1964 as a memorial to the late President.  The park has a variety of natural areas, a visitor center, gardens, and offers tours of the Roosevelts' 34-room "summer cottage."

 Fishing continues to be an important island industry, but tourism also is important to Campobello's economy.  In addition to the International Park, visitors can enjoy birding, camping, golfing, hiking, and kayaking.  The Campobello Whale Watch Company offers whale watching with the area's only guarantee - if you don't see a whale, you get a free trip the next day.

The island has a variety of lodging types, including the Water's Edge Villas, a motel, and the Friar's Bay Motor Lodge.  Several seasonal restaurants, including the Friar's Bay Restaurant, specialize in serving succulent seafood.  If you drink water from the underground stream at Barrel Well, tradition says you will return to Campobello Island.  Once you visit, you're sure to return.