[Gutenberg 48227] • The Land of Evangeline: The Authentic Story of Her Country and Her People / With Evangeline by H. W. Longfellow

"Sat by some nameless grave, and thought that perhaps in its bosom He was already at rest; and she longed to slumber beside him." Grand-Pre, the home of Evangeline, seldom fails to impress the stranger, who sees it for the first time, with a sense of its rich loveliness. It would be difficult to find a more delightful setting for the story of the Acadian maiden, separated from her betrothed lover, Gabriel, and sent into exile with her people. The country fronting the present Grand-Pre is broadly open to the Basin of Minas. The dyked marshes extend for miles in blocks of pasture, grain, and haylands. Great creeks which once the mighty tides of the Bay of Fundy filled till the meadows were submerged with the turbid waters; red channels of the winding rivers beyond; and the great stretch of the Basin of Minas, purple-fringed by the distant hills, all combine to make this an idyllic setting.