Roosevelt l Park

Acadia Belfast Cutler Eastport Elderhostel Fort Knox Roosevelt l Park

Roosevelt Campobello International Park

 

    

Franklin and Eleanor
(from portraits at the Roosevelt Campobello International Park)

Roosevelt Campobello International Park, park on Campobello Island, in Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick, Canada; established in 1964. Campobello Island is connected by bridge to Lubec, Maine. The park is administered by a joint United States-Canadian commission. Its central attraction is the former summer home of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his family. Roosevelt was stricken with poliomyelitis while vacationing here in 1921. Area, 11 sq km (4.25 sq mi).

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Roosevelt cottage

 

the cottage

 

another view

 

dining room

 

the kitchen
(Franklin's mother bought the "President" brand stove for the cottage)

 

guest bed room

 

Franklin's bed room

 

ice house on the property

 

view from the cottage to the bay
(note salmon farms in the bay)

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Other cottages in the Park

 

Hubbard cottage

 

the cottage

 

interior showing arched woodwork

 

round window in dining room looks to the bay

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Prince cottage

 

front view

 

rear view

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Wells-Shober cottage

 

front view

 

rear view

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