ROOSEVELT/CAMPOBELLO

ON CANADIAN SOIL, AVAILABLE BY CAR FROM THE USA AND FROM CANADA VIA FERRY IN HE SUMMER MONTHS. IT IS A JOINT VENTURE FOR THE TWO COUNTRIES. HERE IS WHERE ROOSEVELT BECAME AWARE THAT HE WAS A POLIO VICTIM. FROM 1883(AGE 1)UNTIL 1921 WHEN HE HAD THE POLIO ATTACK, HE SPENT HIS SUMMERS AT THIS FAMILY HOME. THE ROOSEVELT CAMPOBELLO INTERNATIONAL PARK WAS ESTABLISHED ON 1/22/1964 BY AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT SIGNED BY LYNDON JOHNSON AND LESTER PEARSON OF CANADA. A UNIQUE MEMORIAL TO THE CLOSE AND NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS BETWEEN USA AND CANADA. THERE ARE SEVERAL COTTAGES BUT THE RED ROOSEVELT COTTAGE IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE PARK.
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