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Category Archives: Then…
Just One Year Shy of a Quarter Century
As we enter the New Year at the dawn of a new decade, we look back on 24 years of welcoming guests into our 1897 “summer cottage” lovingly restored as Kingsbrae Arms. We celebrate our Canadian heritage as one of … Continue reading
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St. Andrews, in the summer, is crowded with the kind of people who dress for dinner and describe their mansions as cottages
This is an absolutely delightful Maclean’s Magazine article written by a very talented Ian Sclanders. The year is 1952. It is summer in St. Andrews when Howard Pillow occupied “Kingsbrae” an estate located at what is now the entrance of Kingsbrae … Continue reading
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A Hatchet and A Dream
We got an email recently asking if we do weddings for two. It just so happens that we’ve done several around the property. In shady garden spots on a hot summer day. Under our playful Brunelleschi dome in the sunken … Continue reading
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Highfalutin History
Recall the days when ferries and steamships plied the waters–some directly from Boston and Portland; when well-appointed Canadian Pacific Railroad Pullman cars came from Ottawa and Montreal—their passengers seeking the beauty of a peninsula surrounded by mountainous island ranges in … Continue reading
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Just Now in the Garden
Magnolias aren’t known to thrive this far north, but this one didn’t get the memo. We’re thrilled to see her blossom every spring. After a rain or a light wind, the lawn underneath is carpeted with petals. For a while … Continue reading
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Throwback in Time
Years back when this historic property was rescued from the passage of time, tangles of brambles & overgrown weeds, the original garden plat was discovered. The landscape design featured long perennial borders, knot garden parterres & terraced lawns for the … Continue reading
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House Tour
The first Algonquin Hotel was built in 1889 and charged [fun fact] $3.00 to $5.00 per day. Eventually, guests started building their own summer “cottages” nearby. Sixty years ago, the St. Croix Courier [still publishing today] featured an article about … Continue reading
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Canada’s First Seaside Resort
Recall the days when steamships plied the waters directly from Boston and Portland; when well-appointed Canadian Pacific Railroad Pullman cars came from Ottawa and Montreal—their passengers seeking the beauty of a peninsula surrounded by mountainous island ranges in the Atlantic … Continue reading
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Florence’s Flowers & Gardens
A few years back, and long before blogs, a friend of ours at the Charlotte County Archives produced a page from the June 7, 1919 newspaper The North-China Herald. [Much of what we know about Kingsbrae Arms has come from … Continue reading
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