Avonlea, Saskatchewan

Avonlea (2016 population: 393) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the RM of Elmsthorpe No.

[5] The village was named after the fictional town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island in Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables.

Avonlea Heritage Museum houses many artifacts from the area in the train station, and contains an indoor Main Street, agricultural displays as well as murals by accomplished local artist Paul Geraghty.

[9] Dunnet Regional Park, which was named after a local medical doctor, was built and opened on the west side of Reg Watson Reservoir in 1967.

Fish species in the lake include walleye, yellow perch, northern pike, white sucker, and burbot.