Roosevelt Campobello International Park preserves the house and surrounding landscape of the summer retreat of

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and their family. It is located on the southern tip of

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in the

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, and is connected to the mainland by the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, at

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in the United States. The cottage, built in the Shingle Style and completed in 1897, was designed by

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. It was given as a wedding present to Franklin and Eleanor in 1908, from Franklin's mother

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. Here in August 1921, 39-year-old Roosevelt, who would go on to become the 32nd

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, was stricken by a severe paralytic illness, believed to be

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at the time, leaving him permanently paralyzed from the waist down. FDR was no longer able to stay at the "beloved island", but he sailed there in 1933 and visited briefly in 1936 and 1939.

loved the cool summer weather and visited many times with her children and friends.

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acquired the cottage in 1952. After Eleanor's death in 1962, Hammer deeded the property to the governments of the U.S. and Canada. In 1964, they created the International Park.

Description

Roosevelt Campobello International Park has a visitor centre with a gift shop and a small bilingual display on the open

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Administrative history

The park, a US Government Agency and a Canadian Government Corporation, is owned by the governments of Canada and the United States, and is administered by the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission. The Commission was created by international treaty signed by

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, and President

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on January 22, 1964. The park was established on July 7, 1964. Both countries provide equal financial support to the park. It is an affiliated area of

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and of the U.S.

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. According to the treaty, Canada and US share equally "in the costs of development, operation, and maintenance"; the Park is jointly managed and staffed. The Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission consists of charter members and alternates: a chairperson and three board members from each country, as well as three Alternate Commissioners from both the US and Canada. The US President appoints the US members of the Commission, while the Canadian Governor in Council appoints the Canadian members. In September 2020, the Canadian government was seeking applicants for two vacant RCIP positions on the Commission. The positions are unpaid, but the Canadian government states that "members may be paid reasonable per diem and travel expenses by the Commission".Organization Profile - Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission
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Gallery

File:Roosevelt-Cottage-Campobello-2002.jpg, The Roosevelt cottage, a wedding gift from

Sara Delano Roosevelt Sara Ann Roosevelt ( Delano; September 21, 1854 – September 7, 1941) was the second wife of James Roosevelt I (from 1880), the mother of President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her only child, and subsequently the mother ...

File:Roosevelt-Cottage-Main-Room-2015.jpg, Main room File:Roosevelt-Cottage-Interior-Campobello-2015.jpg, Interior File:Roosevelt-Cottage-Dining-Room-Campobello-2002.jpg, Dining room File:Franklin D. Roosevelt with two other friends in Campobello - NARA - 196949.jpg, Franklin Roosevelt climbing rocks with friends (1902) File:Franklin D. Roosevelt with three other friends in Campobello - NARA - 196948.jpg, Franklin Roosevelt with friends (1902) File:ER FDR Camobello 1904 2106a.jpg, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt (1904) File:FDR-Golf-Campobello-1904.jpg, FDR playing golf (1904) File:Franklin D. Roosevelt in Campobello - NARA - 196566.jpg, FDR on the ''Half Moon'' (1906) File:FDR-ER-1910.jpg, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt (1910) File:Roosevelt-Family-Campobello-1920.jpg, The Roosevelt family (1920) File:FDR-Sailing-Campobello-June-1933.jpg, FDR sailing to Campobello (1933)

References

* ''The National Parks: Index 2001-2003''. Washington:

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Administrative history

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