Rainbow Valley

"I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose would be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk-cabbage." This article is about the in-universe location. You may be looking for the seventh book in the Anne of Green Gables series or the 1999 musical.

Rainbow Valley
Location information
Type	Valley
Also known as	The Hollow
Location	Glen St. Mary, Four Winds, Prince Edward Island

"There was a certain wild woodsiness and solitude about Rainbow Valley, in spite of its nearness to the village, which endeared it to the children of Ingleside."

—Rainbow Valley

Rainbow Valley is a secluded place near Ingleside where the Blythe and Meredith children, along with Mary Vance, often played.

Location

Rainbow Valley was located behind Ingleside. It was also near the Hidden Spring, where Rosemary and her lovers trysted.

Physical appearance

"Little, winding, fairy paths ran here and there over spruce roots cushioned with moss. Wild cherry trees, that in blossom time would be misty white, were scattered all over the valley, mingling with the dark spruces. A little brook with amber waters ran through it from the Glen village."

—Rainbow Valley

Etymology

"The Hollow was 'the Hollow' no longer. Walter had begun to feel that such a delightful spot deserved a name more in keeping with its romantic possibilities. One rainy afternoon they had to play in the garret but the sun broke out in the early evening and flooded the Glen with splendour ... It was the most magnificent rainbow they had ever seen. One end seemed to rest on the very spire of the Presbyterian church while the other dropped down into the reedy corner of the pond that ran into the upper end of the valley. And Walter then and there named it Rainbow Valley."

—The naming of Rainbow Valley

Although Rainbow Valley was Rainboy Valley to the Walter and his friends, to most it was still known as the Hollow.

Appearances

Book appearances

• Anne of Ingleside
• Rainbow Valley
• Rilla of Ingleside

Short story appearances

• The Road to Yesterday
  • "The Twins Pretend" (mentioned only)
• The Blythes Are Quoted
  • "Robin Vespers" (mentioned only)
  • "The Twins Pretend" (mentioned only)
  • "Remembered" (mentioned only)
  • "Farewell to an Old Room" (mentioned only)
  • "Wind of Autumn" (mentioned only)
  • "The Wild Places" (mentioned only)
  • "I Know" (mentioned only)
  • "May Song" (mentioned only)
  • "I Want" (mentioned only)