[ISL] "Kansas town of Olathe has P.E.I.-themed subdivision — who knew?"

[rfmcdonald]

This is bizarre. The CBC's Sara Fraser reports.

From the strange-but-true file: a Kansas town has a P.E.I.-themed subdivision with old-fashioned street lamps, houses trimmed with wooden gingerbread and street names that include Prince Edward Island Street, Charlotte Town Road and Cavendish Trail.

The Brittany Yesteryear subdivision was built in the town of Olathe near Kansas City in the late 1980s by developers Don and Faith Bell. The Bells visited P.E.I. in the early 1980s, and one of Mrs. Bell's favourite books became — you guessed it — Anne of Green Gables.

"We just thought it would be interesting," recalls Faith Bell, now in her 80s, from her home in Olathe.

Other streets in the subdivision refer to P.E.I.'s most famous author: Lucy Maud Montgomery Way, Marilla Lane, Green Gables Street and Anne Shirley Drive.

"We saw those different names [on our trip to P.E.I.] and I got some books and I got a beautiful photograph — in fact, several."