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Avonlea (; av-on-LEE) is a fictional community located on Prince Edward Island, Canada, and is the setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables, following the adventures of Anne Shirley, as well as its sequels, and the television series Road to Avonlea and Anne with an E.
Geography
In Montgomery's works, Avonlea is located on the northern shore of Prince Edward Island on a small peninsula. Neighbouring fictional communities include Carmody, White Sands (not to be confused with the modern White Sands, which is on the southern edge of Prince Edward Island), Grafton, Bright River, Newbridge, and Spencervale. E. Holly Pike likewise noted that Avonlea's pastroral and romantic settings led to it becoming a "site of an idealized past".
Some adaptations of Montgomery work cut down her descriptions of Avonlea; for example, this was done in Paul Ledoux's stage play Anne (1998).