Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, is a real town—a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Green Dory Inn and most other places mentioned in this novel are products of my imagination and in no way intended to represent real locations.
Thank you to the kind folks at The Ovens Park for permitting me to set some of the action there. This is a novel, and what happens at the park is pure fiction. The Ovens is a wonderful, safe family campground, and if you’re ever in the area, do visit to walk the trails and see the sea caves.
South Shore Regional Hospital and Fisherman’s Memorial Hospital are also real places. If you’ve been inside South Shore Regional, you’ll know that I’ve redecorated to suit myself.
I have also taken creative licence with the geography of the inn by elevating that part of the coastline to allow for the sea tunnel beneath it. One of the perks of writing fiction is being able to adjust the facts as needed, for the purposes of the story.
Also, for my non-Canadian readers, please note I’m using Canadian spellings in this book. You’ll see words like colour, neighbour, licence, and travelling, and they’re not typos. You’ll also see some hyphenated words like mid-fifties and mid-size. That said, and despite the many eyes that have checked the manuscript, I can’t guarantee perfection. But I’ve done my best!