The historic summer home of humourist Stephen Butler Leacock houses the world’s largest archival holding of Leacock manuscripts. The collection covers the 1869 to 1944 time period, focusing on Orillia, Lake Simcoe, and Montreal as they relate to the life and times of one of Canada’s most famous sons.
Notes from "Celebrate Makers Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast with Passport Places"
The summer home of Canadian humourist and author Stepehen Butler Leacock provided inspiration for the setting of his novel Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, with the fiction Mariposa being based on Orillia and its inhabitants. Today, the museum is home to the world’s largest archival holding of Leacock manuscripts, covering the period of 1869 to 1944 and focusing on Orillia, Lake Simcoe, and Montreal.
