Campobello Island is just East of Lubec, Maine USA. The only way to get to Campobello by land is across the Franklin D. Roosevelt International Bridge from Lubec, Maine. Campobello Island is in Charlotte County, New Brunswick Canada but the only way to travel to other Canadian points without entering the United States is by a seasonal commercial ferry to nearby Deer Island and then a free government operated ferry to mainland New Brunswick from there. Usually people living on Campobello must enter the U.S. and travel about 45 minutes to St. Stephen, New Brunswick through the border crossing at Calais, Maine to conduct Canadian business.

The island may be best known for the Roosevelt Campobello International Park just across the bridge. The late U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a "cottage" on the island where he and his family vacationed. The cottage is still today as it was in the 1930's and you can tour it free. There is also a visitors center and 2,800 acres of park associated with the complex. You can learn more by visiting the official web site at http://www.fdr.net/. The U.S. National Park Service maintains a site at http://www.nps.gov/roca/.

You can also visit the "official" web site of Campobello Island at http://www.campobello.com/. The site also has an extensive history of the island.