Talk:Grand Manan

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Jay's Treaty says nothing about islands off the coast of Maine. See http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/history.html. —Preceding unsigned comment added by L'ecole (talk • contribs) 15:53, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

i agree this island is still disputed between Maine and New brunswick if i was to rule on the Grand Manan archipelago dispute i would divide Grand manan in two parts following a continuation of the maritime boundary in quoddy narrows into the sea and give the northern tip of grand manan island to the canadiens and the rest of the Grand Manan archipelago to the americans. 76.244.155.36 (talk) 11:58, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposed move

It is proposed that this article name simply be Grand Manan Island, as there are no other articles for a Grand Manan Island. Grand Manan Airport is the closest, and secondary to the island itself. NRCAN database only show Grand Manan names for this island . USGS indicates Grand Manan Channel, which is shared with this island. Likewise, US NGA foreign GeoNames search does not give any instances of Grand Manan outside this area . Therefore, Grand Manan Island should be primary and unambiguous without the (New Brunswick). Dl2000 (talk) 19:05, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

No objections that I can think of. Seems like a 'grand' idea. Wiki libs (talk) 19:39, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Support. Seems like the primary use. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 20:53, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Support, appears appropriate. PKT(alk) 23:31, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

 Done Seems to have WP:SNOWed. Dl2000 (talk) 02:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

"Stephen Bellinger"

Just wondering why this explorer is referred to here using an English-language version of his name? The English writer Hakluyt used "Stephen Bellinger" instead of "Étienne Bellenger," but is the English-language adaptation so much more widely known nowadays in New Brunswick than the French original that it should be used in this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.33.96 (talk) 16:17, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Redlinked people moved to here

A user recently deleted a number of red links from the list of GM notable people. This is reasonable, but I've moved the deleted material to the list below in case someone wants to follow up and add articles about the notable ones. I've already added an article about Ernest Wilmot Guptill, whose red link had been deleted.

• Milton J. Burns, whose 1853 Swallowtail Lighthouse is on display at the U.S. Coast Guard Museum
• M. J. Edwards, born in Kingston, Ontario; photographer; visual artist; educator; Grand Manan Museum curator/director
• Wesley Griffin, painter; several of his works hang in public places on the island, including Young Captain in the library
• Lori P. Morse, born on Grand Manan; artist, photographer, musician, artistic and graphics curator; family of the Samuel F.B. Morse/Morse Code fame
• Alice Coney, member of the "Cottage Girls" salon of Grand Manan
• P. Wendy Dathan, naturalist and author of Bauxite, Sugar and Mud: Memories of Living in Colonial Guyana, 1928-1944 (2006); Swallowtail Calling: A Naturalist Dreams of Grand Manan Island (2009); and The Reindeer Botanist: Alf Erling Porsild, 1901-1977 (2012)
• Susan Ingersoll, born on Grand Manan, author, poet, educator, former poetry editor of the St. John's literary journal TickleAce
• Lydia Parker, born on Grand Manan, author of children's books focusing on her island upbringing
• Tim Peters, photographer, author of Rhythm of the Tides: The Fisheries of Grand Manan
• Sharon Greenlaw, journalist, philanthropist, educator, and historian; NDP candidate for Charlotte-The Isles riding in 2006 and 2010
• Gregory and Nancy McHone, geologists and authors of numerous academic papers and books, including Grand Manan Geology: Excursions in Island Earth History

HazelAB (talk) 15:51, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

I don't think Sharon wants me writing her article, lol Fundy Isles Historian - J (talk) 22:21, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Churches

User:HazelAB added a list of churches on the island, another user:Magnolia removed the list - I reinstated it in a shortened version, User:Magnolia removed it again. So moving discussion here, I see no reason not to list the island's churches - the article right now is actually very short (other than the obscene meteorlogical information and election information every community has lol) and I think adding the information is valuable although we can be careful not to delve into separate paragraphs on each of the twelve churches or anything. (My shortened version listed "two Anglican churches" without naming them, for example). But in short, I lean to the inclusionist side of this - if not my own version, I'd support HazelAB's version - I would not support deleting the information. Entire books and theses have been written about Grand Manan's religion, it's relevant to this community. Fundy Isles Historian - J (talk) 22:16, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Why should Wikipedia list all the non-notable churches in the village? Or all supermarkets? How do readers benefit from a list of random churches? Are any of these churches listed at List of National Historic Sites of Canada in New Brunswick? Where at WP:CCSG does it say to add the names of all the churches in the village? Magnolia677 (talk) 22:30, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

CCSG doesn't say to list specific roadways, subway stops or similar either - every village is different, and villages are different than cities, etc. Churches aren't like listing pizzerias because they (TEND) to not be ephemeral and close down in five years. So it's part of listing the general infrastructure of a location and is often used on WP - "Town X has three baptist churches, two Catholic, a Sikh gudwara and since 2022 a Jewish synagogue" or similar. And yes, St Paul's is a designated Historic Site (given the fire, etc) Fundy Isles Historian - J (talk) 22:59, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

And because this isn't Facebook, these lists often get removed. I will reach out to the broader community for input. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:05, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Well, if there's going to be a section called "History of Religion", aren't the number of churches and the leading denominations relevant? (By the way, I didn't actually add a list of "all the non-notable churches in the village" or even a "list of random churches".) Anyway, I've restored a couple of sentences giving the number of churches and the leading denominations as of 2008, hoping that this provides some useful historical context. The information is from Marshall's 2009 book, the most recent reliable source for the church numbers I could find. HazelAB (talk) 00:02, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Fact tags

I've added a bunch of {{fact}}-type tags on this article, but I'm aware that often seems aggressive and deletionist - so just reassurance that's not my intention at all; I'd like to get this article up to Good Article status and that's going to require some serious effort to hunt down sources for statements, etc. I'm not arguing the rocks are or aren't Devonian or the average precipitation or the motives of building the highway or whatever else - I'm just hoping we can hunt down sources :) Fundy Isles Historian - J (talk) 04:17, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Grants

Just a note that while the French granted it earlier, the earliest British Crown grant appears to be 1807 to John Ingals (one L), then the Rosses, then Pagan etc gets involved. https://archives.gnb.ca/en-ca/land-grants/query/?p6=3&p7=146&p8=1600&p9=2026&pn=1&sb=3&sd=0 New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 23:37, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Thesis

A user has removed a thesis from the sources citing WP:THESIS, but WP:THESIS actually states "WP:THESIS: Completed dissertations or theses written as part of the requirements for a doctorate, and which are publicly available can be used but care should be exercised". Since the claism are not controversial, nor disputed elsewhere, quoting the thesis that quotes the historic letters between governors, delegates and bureaucrats seems appropriate. New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 21:57, 4 August 2026 (UTC)