Talk:Tignish

Geneology question
I am trying to find my ancestorial tree, a Philip Gaudette and Isabel MIller can anyone help? Most explicitly, is Philip Gaudette a son of Charles Philip Gaudette, and is their Native American History involved. As i know Charles Philip's wife was Me'tis. tomdgaudette@comcast.net24.60.37.134 20:35, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

St. John's Island
I thought St. John's Island (remember the British took over in the 1760's from the French; see "French and Indian war"), was renamed Prince Edward Island in 1799? GoodDay 17:08, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * You are correct.Plasma east 16:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Article reverting
I have standardized the introduction to the article as part of a series of edits being conducted on community articles across the Maritimes. These edits were made on August 20, 2007 and were reverted by an editor on August 23, 2007 with no explanation given (1st revert) and were subsequently reverted to the August 20 version by me on August 27 (2nd revert). To avoid violating the Wikipedia policy on reverting, editors should discuss such actions in the discussion section and seek administrator assistance should they wish to continue.Plasma east 16:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I propose to make several minor changes to the introduction section of this article.


 * The current article contains the following text


 * Tignish is a relatively small fishing community located in western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located approximately 50 miles NW of the city of Summerside, and 90 miles NW of Charlottetown. With a town population of 990, plus around 700 in surrounding localities, Tignish is considered by the government to be a "village", which is one level higher than a locality, one level lower than a town, and two levels lower than a city.


 * Tignish was discovered in the late 1790s by nine founding Acadian families, with future non–Acadian citizens (mostly Irish) arriving in the 1800s and settling mostly in the nearby smaller locality of Anglo–Tignish (whose name literally means "English Tignish"). Most of Tignish citizens today are either of Acadian or Irish heritage.


 * One of Tignish's most popular and defining structures is the local Catholic church, which was among the first major structures built in Tignish, and was constructed between 1857 and 1860.


 * My proposed changes are as follows:


 * Tignish (2006 population: 758) is a Canadian village in Prince County, Prince Edward Island.


 * Tignish is located near the province's northwestern tip, approximately 84 km from Summerside.


 * Tignish was founded during the late 1790s by nine founding Acadian families, with future non–Acadian settlers (mostly Irish) arriving in the 1800s and settling mostly in the nearby smaller locality of Anglo–Tignish (whose name literally means "English Tignish"). Most of Tignish citizens today are either of Acadian or Irish heritage.


 * One of Tignish's most popular and defining structures is the local Catholic church, which was among the first major structures built in Tignish, and was constructed between 1857 and 1860.


 * * As you will note, my edits improve the readability of the text as it appears in the introduction section, particularly the first 2 sentences, which will improve how the article displays in Google Earth and other sources.


 * * Since Canada is by law a metric country, I have also replaced references to statute miles with kilometres and simplified the number of communities referenced to simply Summerside, again to improve readability.


 * * I have also removed the unnecessary reference as to what constitutes a village / community in the province. This is not required for the introduction section and could be placed under the List of communities in Prince Edward Island article.


 * * I reworded "discovered" to "founded", since it is obvious that the Mi'kmaq Nation or their ancestors likely discovered the area, not European settlers. It is the European settlers who founded the community.


 * * I also removed the term "fishing community" (and the unnecessary linking) because Tignish itself is land-locked, therefore it has no harbour and no fishing boats docked at a wharf in the village. The port of Anglo Tignish is correctly described as a fishing community, but Tignish is not.  The economy of Tignish can be described as being tied to the fishing industry, but this does not make it a fishing community.


 * Plasma east 18:18, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Language stats
Er, can anyone explain to me how 98% of the inhabitants speak English and 55% speak French, but only 51% speak both languages? There's only 2% of the population who don't speak English who could speak French, leaving a minimum 53% who can speak both languages...? Am I missing something? 75.152.186.135 (talk) 22:30, 16 January 2009 (UTC)Stephanie