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Alfred Wellington Purdy was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and
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Al Purdy Memorial "Voice of the Land" by Sculptors Veronica and Edwin Dam de Nogales
Alfred Purdy Memorial "Voice of the Land" by Veronica and Edwin Dam de Nogales, detail
Prince Edward County is a single-tier municipality in southern Ontario, Canada on the Bay of Quinte. Located on Lake Ontario’s northeastern shore, the area is known for Sandbanks Provincial Park and a
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…support himself as a writer, editor and poet. In 1957, Purdy and his wife Eurithe moved to Roblin Lake in Ameliasburgh, Ontario (southeast of Trenton, in Prince Edward County), where they built an A-frame cottage, and this became his preferred location for writing. In his later years, he divided his time between North Saanich…
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Indian Point of Cressy Point, easternmost point of Prince Edward County and entrance to the Bay of Quinte.
Interior of a 3-season rental cottage, in Prince Edward County near Sandbanks Provincial Park
Lake Ontario, Sandbanks Provincial Park