Six monuments and museums celebrating Canadian authors

A list of six monuments and museums celebrating Canadian authors:
Margaret Laurence House in Neepawa, Man.

The renowned novelist and short-story writer lived in the house from 1935 to 1944 with her grandfather, who was a key figure in her Manawaka series of novels.

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Stephen Leacock Museum in Orillia, Ont.

The site of the lakeside retreat known as Leacock House, which the author and humorist built in 1928 and retreated to for most of his retirement years.

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McCrae House in Guelph, Ont.

This limestone cottage is the birthplace of Lt.-Col. John McCrae, the soldier, physician and poet who wrote the famous First World War poem “In Flanders Fields.”

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Green Gables Heritage Place in Cavendish, P.E.I.

Novelist Lucy Maud Montgomery grew up near this farm, which belonged to her relatives and was the inspiration for the setting in her classic “Anne of Green Gables.”

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Al Purdy statue in Toronto

Unveiled in 2008, this three-metre-tall black bronze statue is on the grounds of the Ontario legislature and depicts the acclaimed poet from Wooler, Ont., sitting atop two rocks.

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Carol Shields Memorial Labyrinth in Winnipeg

Officially opened in May 2009, this garden labyrinth honouring the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist includes two walls of quotations from her work engraved in granite tiles.