Avonlea Village

Prince Edward Island


What was once a literary theme park has wound down into a glorified shopping mall. You might see a cow being milked, or ride on a wagon before emptying your wallet on lunch, ice cream and an endless array of Anne of Green Gables memorabilia.

While most of the buildings in the village are replicas, you can still see the schoolhouse where Anne author Lucy Maud Montgomery taught, and the Long River Church, built in 1872.


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