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| Lucy Maude Montgomery wrote "Anne of Green Gables." (photo is from tourismpei.com.) |
Mr. Winfield McLure - Progressive Conservative.
"What I was going to speak about, Mr. Chairman, was an historic site in the Cavendish-Rustico national park of Prince Edward Island. Every member of this committee knows...that associated with the national park is the home and birthplace of our great authoress, Lucy Maude Montgomery Macdonald, one of the greatest that Canada has ever produced. Her birthplace is quite near the national park. At one time it was in the possession of the federal parks; then by some kind of shuffle it gradually came under the government of the province...Then the provincial government offered this property for sale and it was not advertised a great deal.
Finally the birthplace of this great authoress was sold to a retired farmer, a fine gentleman...Today I had several letters from the people in that location asking me to bring the matter again to the Minister's attention."
The Government of Canada reclaimed the property and Green Gables is a Parks Canada National Historic Site.
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