Roosevelt Campobello International Park AgreementCanada-US international park

Roosevelt Campobello International Park

International park · Campobello Island, NB

Closed for the rest of 2026; in season, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Atlantic Time daily · From Lubec, Maine, cross the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge onto the island, clearing Canada customs on the bridge. From the New Brunswick mainland, a seasonal car ferry runs from L'Etete to Deer Island and on to Campobello, roughly June to September. The island keeps Atlantic Time, an hour ahead of Maine. Source: Roosevelt Campobello International Park.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's 34-room summer cottage, in a free park that Canada and the United States run together.

Record holder

  • World #1

    1 of 1Jointly managed, staffed and owned by Canada and the United States

    The only park owned by the peoples of two countries

    Roosevelt Campobello International Park calls itself the only park in the world jointly managed, staffed, and owned by the peoples of two countries. A 1964 treaty signed by Prime Minister Lester Pearson and President Lyndon Johnson created it around the Roosevelts' 34-room summer cottage on Campobello Island.

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Why it's a pick

  • Canada-US international parkRoosevelt Campobello International Park Agreement 1964source ↗

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Where

459 Route 774, Welshpool, NB E5E 1A4

Eat & drink nearby

  • Amex PlatinumDining credit
    Rossmount InnInn restaurant · St. Andrews, NB29 km

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