Montgomery taught at three island schools: Bideford, Belmont, and Lower Bedeque.
She spent one year in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan with her father and his new wife for one year (1890 – 1891), studied for a teacher's license at Prince of Wales College (1893-1894), and studied English for a year at Dalhousie University (1895 – 1896).
Still from Anne of Green Gables, where some exterior filming was done on the ‘haunted wood’ path in PEIĭuring this time Montgomery also attended and taught at several schools. Lucy Maud Montgomery's Cavendish Home – 8521 Cavendish Road, Hunter River RR#2, Cavendish Visiting Lucy Maud Montgomery's Birthplace on Prince Edward Island - WanderWisdom Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace | Tourism PEI A store was on the property, and once operated by Hugh John Montgomery, but was destroyed in a 1938 fire.įor more information and tour bookings visit: LM Montgomery Birthplace – New London, PE
An ell wing was added in 1890, windows were changed and a concrete foundation was added in 1965. The birthplace has been incredibly preserved and very little has changed of its original architectural features. The house includes special exhibits, such as the replica of Montgomery’s wedding dress, original shoes and personal scrap books. Montgomery Act was passed to provide operation and maintenance of the birthplace, and a volunteer foundation continues to operate the site. Irving, generously gave it back to the province of Prince Edward Island. In 1964, a New Brunswick entrepreneur, K.C. The place was owned by several owners after Hugh sold the house following Clara’s death. He moved and settled in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan while Montgomery was taken to the MacNeill Homestead in Cavendish. When Montgomery was 21 months old, her mother died of tuberculosis, and her father left her in the care of her maternal grandparents. In the village of ‘Clifton’, New London, it is located at Corner of Route 6 & Route 20 in PEI, overlooking the New London Harbour and near Cavendish beach and the sand dunes, of which Montgomery wrote about in later years. Clara gave birth in the house to Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 – 1942), on November 30th, 1874. This 1850s one-and one-half storey house was built by Senator Donald Montgomery (1870 – 1893) in approximately 1875 for his son Hugh John Montgomery and his wife Clara Woolner MacNeill. (Photo from Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace | Tourism PEI)