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Lucy Maud Montgomery

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted August, 2007

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted November, 2013

Photo Source - Unknown

A 1983 Toronto Historical Board plaque stands tall here in a small parkette where Riverside Drive meets Riverside Crescent. Here's what the plaque has to say:

Coordinates: 43.642551 -79.483627

Near here, on 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 22 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.

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> Posted June 21, 2019
Hope to visit this park during the summer. It makes me sad that LMM suffered so much during her life, which ended near this park. Her stories brought me much happiness when I was a girl living in Prince Edward Island. Visited LMM's home in Leaskdale last month, and felt more connected to her stories. Currently reading "The Gift of Wings" by Mary Rubio, and am learning more about LMM's inner life as gleaned from her journals and interviews. LMM was a very talented woman, and she deserves more recognition.
Laurie Rayner Langford, Chatham, ON (and Birch Hill, Prince Edward Island)
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> Posted May 11, 2008
Just watched the 1975 documentary on Lucy Maud and decided to check whether the Riverside Drive location is recognized in Toronto. In honor of mothers everywhere we will visit Cavendish today and pay tribute to PEI's greatest author!

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