High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-André (2006 pop.: 404) is a Canadian village in Madawaska County, New Brunswick. Situated in a potato farming area, Saint-André was founded in 1904. Madawaska County (2006 population 34,071), also known as the "New Brunswick Panhandle", is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Over 90% of the county's population speaks French. Forestry is the major industry in the county.The area was named after the First Nations Madoueskaks tribe, that inhabited the whole of the Saint John River valley from Grand Falls, New Brunswick to Sept-Îles, Quebec. The earliest European settlers were from Quebec. The area was the focus of the bloodless Aroostook War, a border dispute led by businessman and political activist John Baker.