EDMUNDSTON

city, seat (1873) of Madawaska county, northwestern New Brunswick, Canada, at the junction of the St. John and Madawaska rivers, 177 miles (285 km) northwest of Fredericton. Settled by Acadians about 1785 as Petit-Sault (Little Falls), it was renamed in 1848 to honour Sir Edmund Head, then lieutenant governor of the province. Wood pulp is conveyed through a pipeline on the bridge across the river to Madawaska, Maine. The city is known for its wood carving and hand weaving. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in stone and marble with twin spires, is a foremost example of a distinctive style of eastern Canadian ecclesiastical architecture. Edmundston is the seat of the University of MonctonSaint-Louis-Maillet Campus (1946). Inc. town, 1905; city, 1952. Pop. (1991) 10,835.