Madawaska Drive-In

89 U.S. 1,
Upper Frenchville, ME 04784

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Kenmore
Kenmore on January 3, 2026 at 6:15 am

A closer address is 89 US-1, Frenchville, ME.

Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.

Today, the property is occupied by Chamberland Warehouse with no trace of the drive-in remaining.

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on January 3, 2026 at 5:45 am

Still operating in the late-1980s, but does still look like it was still operating into the early-1990s.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on September 9, 2017 at 11:17 am

Historic Aerials shows a drive-in at 47.337 N, -68.376 W, now in Frenchville. That’s gotta be it. HA has a photo from 1981 and a topo map reference from 1986. (Also photos from 1996-97, then replaced by a building in 2007.) Oddly, it’s not on the 1973 topo map; that plus the IMPA hiatus make me wonder if we’re really talking about two different drive-ins.

The Google Street View from Sept. 2015 shows the site with a sign for CAN-AM Forest Products.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on September 9, 2017 at 11:08 am

Every listing I’ve seen has it in Madawaska ME.

The 1952-56 Theatre Catalogs show the Madawaska DI, E. Micheaud and Herbert Higgins, 300. Not listed in the 1949-50 edition.

Here’s what the (I)MPAs show:

1953-54: Drive-In, 300, Emile Michaud.

1955-63: Drive-In, 300, Emile Michand.

1969: Drive-In, 300.

1972-76: not listed.

1978-88: Madawaska DI, PO Box 259, “Eldon Stcyr” or “Eldon, St. Cyr.”, 300.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on November 1, 2016 at 2:34 am

Where did the unusual drive-in name come from?