 Evangeline Township takes its name from the epic poem "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.The township is bordered to the southwest by Lake Charlevoix, to the north by Bay Township, including the community of Horton Bay, to the northeast by Walloon Lake, to the east by Melrose Township, and to the south by Boyne City.Young State Park is in the southwest part of the township, along Lake Charlevoix.