The Road to Avonlea Timeline

Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7
1903-041904-051905-071907-081908-091909-101911 -12


Basis for these date: I've put stars by the new additions

* The Witch of Avonlea - (1st season) - Felix is stated to be eleven.
* The Hope Chest of Arabella King (1st season) - Tuesday, December 21, 1903 is the date of the Avonlea District Chronical, that Sara's article was published in.
How Kissing Was Discovered (2nd season) - "I'm 13 and three quarters." Felicity King -- Felicity and Gus first meet.
Misfits and Miracles (closes 2nd season) - Daniel King is born (February 1906)
Sister of the Bride (opens 3rd season) - Jasper and Olivia are married (summer 1906)
Friends and Relations (3rd season) - is during the winter of 1907 and Felix states that "Hey, Felicity's 15."
Aunt Janet's Rebellion (3rd season) - Janet King gets involved with the Suffragettes.
Tug of War (opens 4th season) - Montgomery Dale is born (spring 1907)
Incident and Vernon River (4th season) - Marks Felix's 12th birthday
Felicity's Grand Decision (4th season) - possibly December 1907, Felicity had recently turned 16.
Hearts and Flowers (4th season) - Valentines Day, 1908.
The Disappearance (4th season) - The children are asked to write an essay on where they see themselves in 10 years. They are grumpling and Gus mutters, "1918." So, it is late winter 1908.
Memento Mori (opens 5th Season) - Summer 1909; Hetty turns 50.
* The Great Race (5th season) - Felix is 14
Otherwise Engaged (5th season) - Late Summer 1910; Felicity is to leave for medical school in 4 weeks.
The Return of Gus Pike (6th season) - Early Fall 1910; Felicity has started college.
Out of the Ashes (opens 7th season) - Felicity establishes the Foundling Home in Avonlea, 1911.
* Out of the Ashes (opens 7th season) - It has been a year since Gus was lost at sea.
Secrets and Sacrifices (7th season) - Janet tells Abigail that Felicity and Stuart are to be married in the Spring.
Return to Me (7th season) - Should be Spring 1912, but I can't substantiate that at the moment.
The Last Hurrah (7th season) - The cannery is burned. Felicity, Hetty, and Gus are on their way home.
So Dear To My Heart (series finale) - Summer of 1912; Gus and Felicity are married


If I did my math right, Felicity was born in 1891 and Felix was born in 1895. If Gus is two years older than Felicity he was born in 1889 and was 5 when his mother "died."

Sullivan Entertainment's website claims that the series ends 9 months before the outbreak of World War I. Austria-Hungarian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated June 28, 1914, by a Bosnian revolutionary. Austria-Hungary declared was on Serbia, July 28, 1914.

The King children's birth months (from "Secrets and Sacrifices")

Sapphire - September (Felicity)
Emerald - May (Felix)
Ruby - July (Cecily)
Amethyst - February (Daniel)

* I could have Felix and Cecily reversed, but this is judging by the weather conditions in "Incident and Vernon River." It was definitely damp Springtime. Felicity is forever reminding people of how old she is, that is until after she is no longer 16. Judging by the fact that Felicity says she is 13 and 3/4 in the Summer of 1905, I'm confident that her birthday is September. Daniel was born in February of 1906. "Misfits and Miracles"

Disclaimer: I have yet to see all of Season 1, which should explain why there are no references for those episodes. And I am unclear on momentous events in 5th and 6th seasons. When I do see these episodes and find anything important I will add it here.

If you have any disputes with these dates please email me.

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