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Mazo de la Roche 1879-1961

Photo by contributor Karl Jacob - August, 2007

Photo Source - Canadian Heritage Gallery

Plaque Location

The Region of York
The Town of Newmarket
On the shore of Fairy Lake
on the south side of Water Street just east of Main Street

Coordinates: N 44 03.074 W 79 27.287

Plaque Text

Born Mazo Louise Roche in Newmarket, this celebrated Canadian writer attended the Ontario School of Art and the University of Toronto. She established an international literary reputation when her book "Jalna" won the Atlantic Monthly competition of 1927. It was the first of 16 novels narrating the history of the Whiteoak family and set in the Clarkson, Ontario, area. The books provide a comprehensive picture of life in the province from the mid 19th to mid 20th century. Adapted from two of these novels, the play "Whiteoaks" opened for a run of nearly three years in London, in 1936. The author of many short stories, plays and poems, Mazo de la Roche is buried in St. George's churchyard, Jackson's Point, Ontario.

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Posted May 25, 2010
Plaque has been destroyed by vandals. It was forcibly removed from the post. Now the post and any evidence has also disappeared. So unfortunately, this historic plaque, is no more.

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