Archived: Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1983
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Resource ID
6107
Access
Open
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
1983
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Caption
Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1983
Description
Near here at 210 Riverside Drive in the house she called "Journey's End " L. M. Montgomery O.B.E. author of "Anne of Green Gables " lived from 1935 until her death in 1942. She was born in Prince Edward Island on November 30 1874. She became a teacher and also worked briefly as a reporter for the Halifax "Echo." While working in this area (then the Village of Swansea) she wrote the last of her 23 novels -- Anne of Windy Poplars (1936) Jane of Lantern Hill (1937) and Anne of Ingleside (1939). Her books translated into many languages are read the world over.
Toronto Historical Board 1983
Marker lat / long: 43.64245, -79.483219 (WGS84)