Opens in a new tab
poimap.ca
← Back to map · Retour à la carte
Location: 114 Bridge Street West, Belleville
Emplacement : 114, rue Bridge Ouest, Belleville
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 44.161452, -77.393289
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
⚑ Report a problem with this marker · Signaler un problème
English

Susanna Moodie

Born in England, Mrs. Moodie immigrated to Upper Canada with her husband in 1832. They farmed near Cobourg for two years and then moved to the wooded Rice Lake area near the frontier of the colony before settling in the more urban environment of Belleville in 1840. Member of a noted literary family, she became a leading author of the pre-Confederation period and her poems and short stories appeared in journals in Canada and England. Her two autobiographical books, “Roughing it in the Bush” (1852) and “Life in the Clearings” (1853), have become Canadian classics.

Français

Susanna Moodie

Native d’Angleterre, Susanna Moodie émigra au Haut-Canada avec son mari en 1832. Pendant deux ans, le couple exploita une ferme près de Cobourg, puis déménagea dans la région boisée de Rice Lake, aux confins de la colonisation. Il s’installa enfin dans l’environnement plus urbain de Belleville en 1840. Issue d’une famille de lettrés, Susanna devint l’une des principales figures de la littérature d’avant la Confédération. Ses poèmes et nouvelles parurent dans des revues canadiennes et britanniques. Ses deux autobiographies, «Roughing it in the Bush» (1852) et «Life in the Clearings» (1853) sont des classiques canadiens.