Orwell, Prince Edward Island

Orwell

Location of Orwell in Prince Edward Island

Orwell is a settlement in Queens County, Prince Edward Island.

Coordinates: 46°09′25″N 62°50′20″W / 46.157°N 62.839°W / 46.157; -62.839

Canadian professor, physician, and intellectual Sir Andrew Macphail was born in Orwell on November 24, 1864. The Sir Andrew Macphail Foundation preserves his family home and its 140-acre property in Orwell as a museum, the Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead.^[1] The Homestead is the site of the Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project, a joint effort of the Foundation and the Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward Island to preserve the old-growth Acadian Forest covering much of the property.^[2]

References

1. ↑ "Welcome to the Sir Andrew Macphail Foundation," Sir Andrew Macphail Foundation, Island Register.com, Web, Apr. 5, 2011.
2. ↑ About Us, Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project, Web, Apr. 5, 2011.