Green Gables Heritage Place

This is the original Macneill family farmhouse whose gables, orchards and woods L.M. Montgomery reworked into the Cuthbert home in Anne of Green Gables. The property belonged to cousins of her grandfather, and the oldest kitchen wing dates to 1830, with settlement of the land beginning in 1831. Montgomery herself lived with her grandparents about a kilometre away and knew this farm well, but she never lived here. The site of her own Cavendish home is a separate place nearby, so don't confuse the two. Inside, the rooms have been decorated to match the period and the fictional household, which is either delightful or slightly odd depending on how you feel about a real house furnished as a novel.

• Green Gables House, room by room, with the first floor and the upstairs bedrooms
• Visitor centre exhibits covering Montgomery, the book and the landscape that shaped it
• Grounds, 19th-century gardens and the farmyard, good for a slow wander
• Interpretive programs in July and August, which have included guided tours, musical ceilidhs and appearances by Anne herself
• Gift shop and the Cordial Café for a break at the end
• Hands-on activities that keep kids busy while adults read the panels

Balsam Hollow begins as Lover's Lane and runs an easy 800 m return on hard-packed gravel with gentle hills and wooden bridges. Haunted Wood is an easy 900 m loop, but it starts with steep stairs down to a wooden bridge before settling into hard-packed gravel with several hills. Some visitors find the walk through Lover's Lane the highlight of their time here. Both trails can hold muddy patches after rain, so wear shoes you don't mind scuffing.

• Free parking, with accessible spaces near the Visitor Information Centre, plus three Tesla and three J-1772 EV chargers.
• Washrooms in the Visitor Information Centre and in the barnyard.
• The house has a rear wheelchair ramp and accessible first-floor rooms, but the stairs to the second floor are steep and there is no step-free route up.
• Grounds paths are hard-packed dirt or fine gravel. The woodland trails are not wheelchair accessible.
• The site sits on Route 6 just west of Route 13, roughly 250 m from the intersection.

The upstairs is a real barrier for anyone who can't manage steep stairs, and the interior is a curated recreation rather than a preserved family home. The visit also lands much harder if you know the book. Come without any Anne in your head and you have a tidy period farmhouse with pleasant woods attached, which is fine, just not the same experience.