Leaskdale Manse National Historic Site
Celebrating the Life & Work of L. M. Montgomery in Leaskdale, ONTARIO 1911 – 1926
Leaskdale Manse National Historic Site
Celebrating the Life & Work of L. M. Montgomery in Leaskdale, ONTARIO 1911 – 1926
Leaskdale Manse National Historic Site
Celebrating the Life & Work of L. M. Montgomery in Leaskdale, ONTARIO 1911 – 1926
Leaskdale Manse National Historic Site
Celebrating the Life & Work of L. M. Montgomery in Leaskdale, ONTARIO 1911 – 1926
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY wrote 11 of her 22 novels at her home in rural Leaskdale, Ontario, north of Uxbridge. Her personal journals tell her story. Her poetry reflects her feelings. Here she wrote… and here she dreamed. The Leaskdale Manse was the first home the author could call her own. In 1911, L.M. Montgomery moved to Leaskdale, a prosperous farming community, soon after marrying Ewan Macdonald. He was a Prince Edward Islander who had become the community’s Presbyterian minister one year earlier. Montgomery lived at the Manse in Leaskdale, Ontario for 15 years and raised 2 sons, Chester and Stuart.
The Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of Ontario is a not-for-profit organization incorporated within the Province of Ontario. The purpose of the Society is to bring together people who share an interest in the heritage of Lucy Maud Montgomery, particularly as it relates to her life in Leaskdale. The Society operates the Leaskdale Manse National Historic Site, a museum which is open to the public. It owns the Historic Leaskdale Church (the former St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church where Ewan Macdonald was the minister from 1910 to 1926) and uses it in conjunction with the Manse to showcase the life of Montgomery in Leaskdale.