A Wonder Castle in Prince Edward Island

By Linda Tancs

Best known for her best-selling classic novel Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery spent much of her childhood at a farmhouse in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island that would eventually become The Anne of Green Gables Museum. Built in 1872, the farmstead was dearly referred to by Montgomery as “the wonder castle of my childhood.” The home features the Enchanted Bookcase from her classic novel as well as the Blue Chest from the book Story Girl. Personal artifacts abound, including hand-developed photographs and a patchwork quilt she worked on as a child. The home is located in Park Corner.

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Billed as the Great North American Eclipse, a total solar eclipse will cross North America on April 8, 2024, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The path of the eclipse begins in Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The eclipse will enter Canada in Southern Ontario, and continue through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. This will be the last time any solar eclipse will be visible within the United States until 2045. 

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