Moodie, Susanna National Historic Person
Belleville, Ontario
Portrait
© Expired; Source: Library and Archives Canada / C-007043
Address :
114 Bridge Street West, Belleville, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1975-11-28
Life Date:
1803 to 1885
Other Name(s):
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Moodie, Susanna
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Leading author of 1850s in Ontario, wrote "Roughing it in the Bush"
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Susanna Moodie Cottage 114 Bridge Street West, Belleville, Ontario
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.