Passamaquoddy Bay is separated from the outlet of the St. Croix River by a hilly triangle. St. Andrews occupies the tip of the wedge. Deer Island faces it, and Campobello and Grand Manan lie in the order named out in the Bay of Fundy, off the coast of Maine. Sheltered, yet cooled by breezes from every quarter, St. Andrews has long been a retreat affected by summer colonists. Within the earthworks of a dismantled fort above the town is the summer residence of Sir Thomas Shaughnessy. On Minister's Island, Sir William van Horne has erected a palace and a bevy of barns. The new Algonquin Hotel overlooks the water from rising ground. The St. Andrews Inn is near the beach. Both are under Canadian Pacific management. The Golf Course is the scene of annual tournaments which attract the best players of the Canadian Clubs. The social atmosphere is more rarefied in St. Andrews than at other Provincial resorts. The writers of pamphlets like to call it the Newport of New Brunswick. The old families of the Scotch seaport, the Pagans, Garnetts, Potes and Campbells, have much fine plate and many heirlooms in mahogany. The frames of some of the houses were brought from the United States during the Loyalist hegira. The Tories who settled here were especially reputed for the fervency of their patriotism. One Scotch father who had seven sons recognised in
