Statue of Evangeline and Memorial Church

In 1847, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the poem “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie.” Almost immediately after its release, the poem obtained worldwide popularity and generated considerable interest in Grand Pré. On July 29, 1920, the Dominion Atlantic Railway unveiled a bronze sculpture of Evangeline, produced by sculptors Henri Hébert and his father, Louis-Philippe Hébert.