Is Eglis Sheep Farm a family owned and operated business?
In 1952, Robert and Magarit Egli emigrated from Switzerland to an old homestead in rugged Northwestern Ontario. The farm produced lamb meat, wool and sheepskin and a small retail business began. Over 50 years later, Egli’s Sheep Farm employs four full-time sewers who manufacture sheepskin products right at the farm, while maintaining a working family farm. In 1998, Robert and Magarit “retired” and Peter and Denise Egli took over the business and the farm has now been expanded into an Animal Park which includes a variety of common and exotic farm animals. The retail shop has become one of Canada’s largest shops specializing in wool and sheepskin products. Do all Egli’s sheepskin and wool products come from your own sheep? In the beginning, this working family farm produced lamb meat, wool and sheepskin. As the business grew, and production and sales increased, wool and sheepskin was brought in to meet the growing demand. Sheepskins that are sold in the store and those used for manufactu
