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Roosevelt Campobello International Park

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Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Phone:
+1 506-752-2922

Hours:
Sunday9am - 5pm
Monday9am - 5pm
Tuesday9am - 5pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
Saturday9am - 5pm


Roosevelt Campobello International Park preserves the house and surrounding landscape of the summer retreat of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and their family. It is located on the southern tip of Campobello Island in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, and is connected to the mainland by the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, at Lubec, Maine in the United States. Here in August 1921, 39-year-old Roosevelt, who would go on to become the 32nd President of the United States, fell ill and was diagnosed with polio. FDR was no longer able to stay at the beloved island, but he sailed there in 1933 and visited briefly in 1936 and 1939. Eleanor Roosevelt loved the cool summer weather and visited many times with her children and friends. After her death in 1962, the family deeded the property to the governments of the U.S. and Canada. In 1964, they created the 2,800-acre International Park. The cottage, built in the Shingle Style and completed in 1897, was designed by Willard T. Sears.
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