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New Brunswick Tourism Region : St. John River Valley
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- Lac Bake & Ile de Lac-Baker Island : In 1827 John Baker (1796-1868) proclaimed this area to be American territory which he called The Republic of Madawaska.
- When he refused to remove his American flag he was arrested and taken to Fredericton for trial where he was sentenced to spend two months in jail.
- This was one of numerous border disputes due to imprecise wording in the 1783 Treaty of Paris which culminated in 1839 with the massing of troops on both sides of the border.
- War was averted but the skirmishes are remembered as the 'Aroostook' or 'Lumberman's War.' The dispute was finally settled in 1842 by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty which defined the present New Brunswick-Maine border.
- The lake, the island in it and the nearby community of Baker Brook are named after John Baker.
- Lac Baker Municipal Park Beach is an unsupervised freshwater beach on Lac Baker at 69 De La Pointe St.
- With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009
Address of this page: http://nb.ruralroutes.com/LacBakerNB