Leaskdale Manse
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From 1911 to 1926, this Presbyterian manse was home to Lucy Maud Montgomery, the world-famous author whose writing career was launched in Prince Edward Island. Here at Leaskdale she began her role as a wife and mother, and penned 11 books, including sequels to Anne of Green Gables. She also continued to chronicle her own life in candid and colourful journals which were posthumously published. The Leaskdale diary entries portray the manse as a stage for the dreams of a demanding and productive part of her life, and provide important insights into her fiction and issues of the period.
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The Region of Durham
The Township of Uxbridge
In Leaskdale, on the east side of Durham Road 1
just south of Durham Road 13
N 44 12.185 W 79 09.638
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