Minister's Island was the summer estate of Sir William Van Horne, the first president of and the driving force behind the Canadian Pacific Railway.

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Drive on the ocean floor when you visit historic Minister's Island, summer home of Sir William Van Horne, located near St. Andrews, New Brunswick

Loyalist Anglican minister, Parson Andrews, whose old stone house still stands and for whom the island was named, felt the same magic that Sir William felt.

We drove our car to Minister's Island in the ocean near St. Andrews, New Brunswick but we didn’t take a ferry, bridge, causeway, or use any other man-made facility. The journey is one that is unique in Canada.

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A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.

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While staying in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, a local was telling me about nearby Ministers Island, a 500-acre part-time island that sounded like a place I needed to visit. What makes Ministers Island fascinating, and part-time, is the fact that it can only be accessed a few hours a day during low tide. As the