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[edit] A good link for the Longfellow entry

This belongs at Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A good link. Wetman 14:14, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] My ancestors are numbered amongst these people, the Acadians

Upon reading a chart of the geaneology of my family, I came across the reference to H.W.Longfellow's poem, Evangeline. Some of my Canadian ancestors suffered the deportation imposed by the British. Prior to that event, there were 3 generations in Canada after the first voyage from France by Pierre Pelleltier in the 1600s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.13.244 (talk • contribs) 02:32, 18 June 2005

[edit] Date published?

When was it published? the date is neither on this article nor the Longfellow one. Billy Shears 19:10, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

The Web suggests 1847, and I've added that year to the article. —Lowellian (reply) 12:44, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
My own edition of Longfellow lists 1847 as the completion date for "Evangeline" but it doesn't say if the poem was published that same year. --Kyoko 13:27, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Onomastics

Could we get a source on Longfellow inventing the name Evangeline? In Calhoun's book on Longfellow, he says once that it was uncommon before Longfellow used it, and says later that Longfellow did invent it. Shall we attempt to discover the truth?--TurabianNights 15:32, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Never mind. In an odd stroke of luck, I spoke with Calhoun just now, and he confirms that Longfellow did invent the name.--TurabianNights 17:39, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Location of Evangeline Community

Changed "a small rural community in north-eastern New-Brunswick." to "a small rural community in Prince_Edward_Island".

I grew up in this community - it is in the Egmont Bay area & encompasses Wellington, Abrams Village, Mont Carmel as well as several other towns and villages. I've never heard of an Evangeline in New Brunswick and a quick online search yields no evidence of its existance. I suspect the original author of this line was just off in their geography by a bit. If it does exist and you find it please update but place source in discussion.

- Acadian SBee, Oct 22/06

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.144.76.32 (talk • contribs) 01:46, 22 October 2006

I am the author of that line, and my mother grew up in Evangeline, New-Brunswick. It's a settlement of about 300 people located half-way between Caraquet and Shippagan. But not being an established community it is not indicated on most provincal maps. The only online source I found that mention the existence of such place is here:
Entreprise Péninsule. Profil économique et socio-démographique de la Péninsule acadienne 2005 (PDF) (french). Retrieved on 2006-10-23. “see Annexe 3 on page 90”

Luccas 23:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the knowledge

- Acadian SBee, Nov 21, 06

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.144.125.67 (talk • contribs) 23:58, 21 November 2006

[edit] New Pictures

How about changing the pictures of this article? It's really just one picture, from different distances.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.26.73.45 (talk • contribs) 15:42, 26 March 2007

[edit] Musical

There was a musical play based on Evangeline in the late nineteenth century which was apparently quite successful. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 00:49, 23 July 2007 (UTC) Subscript text