Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables) Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables) Avonlea (;"ah-von-LEE") is a fictional community located on Prince Edward Island, Canada, and is the setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel "Anne of Green Gables", following the adventures of Anne Shirley, as well as its sequels, and the television series "Road to Avonlea". Montgomery drew much of her inspiration for Avonlea from her childhood experiences in the late 19th century farming communities surrounding Cavendish, New Glasgow, New London, Hunter River, and Park Corner. In Montgomery's works, Avonlea is located on the northern shore of Prince Edward Island on a small peninsula. Its primary industries are
Lucy Maud Montgomery a park for her (Lucy Maud Montgomery Park) and in 1983 placed a historical marker there near the house where she lived from 1935 until her death in 1942. On November 30, 2015 (her 141st birthday), Google honoured Lucy Maud Montgomery with a Google Doodle published in twelve countries. Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with "Anne of Green Gables". The book was an immediate success. The central character, Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl,