The Haven Covenhoven
PHOTOS: John Woodruff, NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA--PA021681; Communications new brunswick; NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA--PA213804
Sir William Van Horne's summer residence included the house (top) and a windmill; Sir William Van Horne vacationing in Cuba in February 1910.
In 1890, the legendary railway baron Sir William Van Horne stopped off at the resort town of St. Andrews in the southwestern part of New Brunswick. He had come to negotiate a railway lease, but while soaking up the sights of the Loyalist town he fell in love with the beauty of Passamaquoddy Bay and its islands, so much so he decided to build a summer home on Minister’s Island, just around a point from St. Andrews.
Since this American-born Canadian was a man of awe-inspiring ener...