MacPhail Woods Trails

The Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead is located east of Charlottetown off Route 1, near the Orwell Corner Historic Village. The Homestead offers a wide variety of cultural and natural history activities and workshops, as well as restaurant, banquet and conference facilities in a beautiful wooded setting.

It is also the home of the Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project. Most of the homestead’s 57 hectares (140 acres) are wooded and include a pond and several streams. These woodlands are a research and demonstration site for the restoration of native forests. Four walking trails, a native plant nursery, and an arboretum have been created. The Wildflower, Streamside and Woodland Trails focus on different aspects of PEI’s natural succession of forest types. Each trail has its own unique charm.

Visitors are encouraged to tour the site on their own at any time of the year. To arrange tours or for more information, contact the Macphail Woods project at (902) 651-2575. Parking is available at the trailhead near the house. Please refrain from removing flowers or other plants from the homestead.