Walking Tour of Montgomery’s Halifax
While Anne of Green Gables encourages thousands to travel to Prince Edward Island every year, this beloved red-haired heroine was actually born in Nova Scotia. Her creator, L.M. Montgomery, has ties to Nova Scotia as well: Montgomery studied at Dalhousie College (now University) and wrote for a newspaper chain (in the building that now houses the Old Triangle pub). Montgomery re-imagined her university experience in Anne of the Island (the third book in the Anne series), in which Anne attends Kingsport's Redmond College (a fictionalized version of Halifax's Dalhousie).
We hope you'll visit these sites virtually or in person! Let us know if you do by using #MontgomeryHalifaxWalk on social media.
Acknowledgements
This map was created at the L.M. Montgomery Institute, University of Prince Edward Island.
Research by Joanne Lebold and Heidi Haering.
Written by Heidi Haering. Supported by Kate Scarth and Elizabeth R. Epperly (LMMI, UPEI), Simon Lloyd and Donald Moses (Robertson Library, UPEI), Miia Suokonautio (YWCA) and Nova Scotia Archives.
Funding from UPEI’s L.M. Montgomery Institute and the Office of the President, UPEI. This map also draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
