FP update 9/23 Ministers Island/The Van

FP update 9/23 Ministers Island/The Van Horne Estate

We drove across the ocean floor to a Tidal Island today known as Ministers Island. FYI- A Tidal island is when the connection is submerged at high tide and exposed at low tide, causing the land to switch between an island and a peninsula! It is a geographical novelty in that it is accessible at low tide by a wide gravel bar suitable for vehicular travel. We had to time it between tides to make sure we could get on and off- no joke!

Ministers Island became famous in the last decade of the nineteenth century as the summer home of Sir William Van Horne, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Island is 500 acres, and Van Horne built a 50-room house named Covenhaven. He also built a three-story barn. Today you can tour the house, the barn and a cool bathhouse. He was an artist as a hobby and his pieces are in display to admire. You can also hike the trails around the Island. The people that work there love to share all the history with you 💜🇨🇦 Very passionate about the Island.Weiterlesen