4-510: Manawaka is a fictional town in the Canadian province of Manitoba , frequently used as a setting in novels and short stories by Margaret Laurence . The town was based on Laurence's real-life hometown of Neepawa , and should not be confused with the real-life town of Maniwaki, Quebec . The town is also used in Daniel Poliquin 's novel L'écureuil noir . The Manawaka sequence consists of
8-436: A work of fiction and substantively depicted therein. Fictional cities, towns and counties are arrows in the fiction writers' quivers – they lend an air of authenticity to the story, and since there are so many of them, readers find them to be a plausible addition that makes the story more realistic. Cabot Cove is named after the town's founder, Winfred Cabot. Perhaps setting the stage for the town's reputation for murders, Cabot
12-552: The books The Stone Angel , A Jest of God , The Fire-Dwellers , A Bird in the House , and The Diviners . This Manitoba -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fictional town This is a list of fictional settlements , including fictional towns, villages, and cities, organized by each city's medium. This list should include only well-referenced, notable examples of fictional towns, cities, settlements and villages that are integral to
16-422: Was killed in a murder-suicide situation with his wife Hepzibah. It has an architectural heritage of Victorian houses. Given the village's rich history, coastal location and close proximity to eastern U.S. cities, Cabot Cove was transformed from a small, sleepy fishing village to a tourist destination for the people coming from New York City . Sunnydale is located on a "Hellmouth"; a portal "between this reality and
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