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     roads were bypassed by a road running along the shore and the road 
     
     through to Orwell Cove, which useato run close to Stewart's house 
     
    
   
   
    
     was moved to its present location. Later the roads were graded and 
     
    
   
   
    
     gravelled with the construction of the first pavement in l9u8 which 
     
     pasSed through Orwell to flood Islands. This was followed by the 
     
     Transéanada Highway in 1957. 
     
    
   
   
    
     With improved transportation, Charlottetown became the main 
     
     center for shopping and other facilities as well. Many people 
     
    
   
   
    
     living in Orwell now commute to Charlottetown to work. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The roads also allOWed people to come into Orwell more easily. 
     
     The first venture into the tourist industry in Orwell was made by 
     
     Art McKenna, who built cabins on the highway opposite McKenna Drive 
     
     in 1958. When he drowned in 1967, his widow, Catherine McKenna 
     
     carried on for a time; but the cabins were later moved from the 
     
     site. Around 1969-70 Ivan and Doris Jood built cabins on their 
     
    
   
   
    
     property and opened their home as a farm tourist operation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Farming was affected by change in the 19603 when the 
     
     Development Plan was enacted. The era of the mixed family farm 
     
     was then over. Specialization was encouraged —- large dairy farm— 
     
     ing and potato farming operations were seen as more economically 
     
     viable. A ratepayers list from 1958 shows that all but two of the 
     
     residents of Orwell were farmers in 1958. In 1985. there are only 
     
    
   
   
    
     two full time farms in operation by resident farmers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The era of.the roads is also the era of consolidation. and 
     
    
   
   
    
     Orwell followed Canada into school consolidation in the 1960's.