Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary & Homestead Ellsworth, ME | Category: Other Attractions The Stanwood Wildlife Museum and Sanctuary is the home and birthplace of Cordelia J. Stanwood, a pioneer Ornithologist Photographer, set within a 185-acre Sanctuary. Cordie's 19th century home, fit with orginial furnishings tells the rare tale of a brilliant and successful woman in the early 20 Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary & Homestead