Orwell is located in Prince Edward Island
Orwell
Orwell
Location of Orwell in Prince Edward Island

Orwell is a settlement in Queens County, Prince Edward Island.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Orwell". www4.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  2. "Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead". Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  3. "About Us". Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project. Retrieved October 9, 2019.


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