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rfmcdonaldI have been wanting for some months to visit the Toronto neighbourhood of Swansea, a Toronto neighbourhood east of the Humber River and south of Bloor Street West that has gained some fame as where Lucy Maud Montgomery spent the last seven years of her life.
Toronto Plaques let me know of a parkette created in memory of her.
It was a peaceful parkette in the warm spring afternoon. Just south of the park is 210 Riverside Drive, her last address.
died there
The University of Guelph has pictures of Montgomery in front of her home, which she called "Journey's End". She knew, then, that her life would end there, however it would end.
Toronto Plaques let me know of a parkette created in memory of her.
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.
It was a peaceful parkette in the warm spring afternoon. Just south of the park is 210 Riverside Drive, her last address.
died there
The University of Guelph has pictures of Montgomery in front of her home, which she called "Journey's End". She knew, then, that her life would end there, however it would end.
