unincorporated community
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Aroostook County, Maine
Aroostook County ( ; french: Comté d'Aroostook) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,105. Its county seat is Houlton, with offices in Caribou and Fort Kent.
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, United States. It is the only named community in the town.
The settlement is located south of Fort Kent. Daigle Pond and Dam are located there.
History
The first settlers were Vital Daigle and his wife Julie Cyr. They came from nearby
Frenchville, Maine
Frenchville (French: Ville Française) is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,052 at the 2020 census.
79.3 percent of Frenchville residents are habitual speakers of French, aided by its proximity to French-spea ...
, seeking a new home for their family. The deed to the property was dated 1858, and listed 13 Daigle family members.
Other settlers from Frenchville followed, and the small community of Daigle developed.
In 1882, Vital Daigle developed a property called "New Canada
Plantation
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" south of the family homestead, where Daigle manufactured lumber. The township adopted the name "New Canada".
Daigle had a post office from 1899 to 1933, and Vital Daigle was the first postmaster.
A church called Holy Family Parish was built in 1906. A cemetery was also established. In 1909, the church was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt the following year. The church closed in 2000 and was demolished, and a monument was erected to mark its place. The property was sold to the town of New Canada, where a community center was to be built. The cemetery is extant, and contains the graves of many early families.