Orwell, Prince Edward Island

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Location of Orwell in Prince Edward Island

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

Coordinates: 46°09′25″N62°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]

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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.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "About Us". Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project. Retrieved October 9, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)