Les Brayons are a francophone people inhabiting the area in and around Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. The adjective francophone (alternately Francophone) means French -speaking typically as primary language whether referring to individuals groups or places Edmundston (2006 population 16643 is a Canadian city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page (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. New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally This article is about the Acadian people and culture The Acadians (Acadiens are the descendants of the seventeenth-century French Conversely, given their proximity to the Province of Québec, many Acadians consider them to be non-resident Québécois. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk A Québécois or Quebecois (pronounced) or in the feminine Québécoise (pronounced) (plural Québécoises) is a native or resident of the

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. This article is about the Acadian people and culture The Acadians (Acadiens are the descendants of the seventeenth-century French A Québécois or Quebecois (pronounced) or in the feminine Québécoise (pronounced) (plural Québécoises) is a native or resident of the Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Forestry is the Art and Science of managing forests tree Plantations and related Natural resources. This article is about the Acadian people and culture The Acadians (Acadiens are the descendants of the seventeenth-century French Lawrence valley heritage and history of the Québécois. A Québécois or Quebecois (pronounced) or in the feminine Québécoise (pronounced) (plural Québécoises) is a native or resident of the

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. The Republic of Madawaska (French République du Madawaska) was a small unrecognized state in the northwest corner of Madawaska County, New Brunswick The Aroostook War was an undeclared (and ultimately bloodless confrontation in 1838-39 between the United States and Great Britain over the international boundary between British The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Of course, the “République” was never formally recognised, and was ultimately split by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty into American and Canadian parts. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, settled the dispute over the location of the Maine - New Brunswick border between the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

The spirit of the République du Madawaska lives on, at least in the hearts and minds of local residents. The Republic of Madawaska (French République du Madawaska) was a small unrecognized state in the northwest corner of Madawaska County, New Brunswick The République has its own flag (designed in 1938) that flies in and around Edmundston. Edmundston (2006 population 16643 is a Canadian city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick. ^[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. Edmundston (2006 population 16643 is a Canadian city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick. Edmundston (2006 population 16643 is a Canadian city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick. The heritage of les Brayons is celebrated annually in the Foire Brayonne, a music and cultural festival. 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. There are several persons known by the name John Baker: Military figures Colonel John Baker was a hero of the American Revolutionary War for whom The Aroostook War was an undeclared (and ultimately bloodless confrontation in 1838-39 between the United States and Great Britain over the international boundary between British See "Under his own flag".

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