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New Brunswick Tourism Region : Fundy Shore
Description From Owner:
- The 200-hectare island was first called Chamcook Island and is accessible by land only at low tide.
- At high tide the 1.6-km (1 mile) long Bar Road, nicknamed 'Boulevard on the Floor of the Ocean,' lies under five metres (20 feet) of water.
- It became Ministers Island when Rev. Samuel Andrews (1737-1818) bought it. Andrews, who came from Wallingford, Connecticut was the first rector of the local Anglican parish and an active and ardent Loyalist.
- Andrews spent his life on the island and some years after his death the island was purchased by Sit' William Cornelius Van Horne (1843-1915), first president of Canadian Pacific Railway from 1888 to 1889.
- Van Horne acquired the island in sections during the period 1891-96 and built an impressive 50-room sandstone mansion which he called Covenhaven, resulting in the island being called for a time, Van Horne's Island.
- The province bought the island in 1977 and placed it under the Historic Sites Protection Act. It is both a national and provincial historic site. Van Horne's estate is open to the public in the summer season . . . depending on the tides.
- Ministers Face: The E side of Long I. facing Rothesay rises over 250 feet (78 metres) and shows a profile resembling a man's face.
- With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009
Address of this page: http://nb.ruralroutes.com/MinistersIsland