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St. Croix Courier
Jan 20/1982
Henry Burr—Superstar of the Gaslight Era.
St. Croix Courier
Feb 10/1982
Shiretown Ponders Ship Terminal
Mixed reactions were evident here Saturday morning as a proposal for a $23 million dollar port development at the O'Neill farm was unveiled at a special council meeting. (It seems to me that St. Andrews has always resisted tourism.)
St. Croix Courier
Feb 17/1982
Editorial by Julian Walker on port proposal mentions many pros and cons but tourism is left out of the equation.
St. Croix Courier
Feb 17/1982
Donald Jackson to be in St. Andrews Feb. 20 and 21 for demo. Photo. See other photo Feb. 24 accepting award from small girl—cute. Optimistic visions sets "Landmarks" Apart: Review of Barclay Walker's Ottawa exhibition. Photo. Handsome. Tenuous human depictions.
Brenda Smith (later Pierce) queen of Saint John DA. (photo)
St. Croix Courier
April 14/1982
Algonquin Golf Club Newsletter
Jim Stewart, President
David Graham, vice-president
St. Croix Courier
May 5/1982
$100,000 allocated. New tourism center (for St. Andrews) included in New Brunswick budget.
St. Croix Courier
May 19/1982
2-page spread for Algonquin.
Opening May 21.
Sir William's Lounge. Passamaquoddy Room. Library Bar. Chart Room. Algonquin Green. Sunday brunch.
Entertainers: Mark LaBelle, Peter Jansen trio, Magik, Sleepy Hollow, Earth-Sky, Paul Kentner, J. J. Quick Change, Garrison Brothers, Penny MacAuley, Plain and Fancy.
St. Croix Courier
May 26/1982
New Brunswick close to ownership of all Minister's Island—Hatfield. Photo of Hatfield at Chamber of Commerce dinner at Algonquin—holding plate reading "To a Very Important Person."
St. Croix Courier
May 26/1982
A promise that Minister's Island would be completely owned by the province within weeks, and an announcement that a date has been set for a signing to recognize St. Croix Island as an international site were made by Premier Richard Hatfield as he spoke at the St. Andrews Chamber of Commerce Dinner opening at the Algonquin Hotel for it summer season on Friday. "One of the joys and privileges I have had as Premier I hope will be recognized this year," Hatfield said as he announced the province is close to owning the whole of Minister's Island. "We are within days or weeks, I hope, of owning the whole island," he said. Hatfield added that the Sir William Van Horne home on the island is the only "piece" of the Van Horne heritage left, as his Montreal home has been demolished.
ON Sept. 12 and 13, the signing will take place to make St. Croix Island a jointly-administered historic site, Hatfield said. A bill is now before the US Congress to make the island a historic site and Hatfield said he hopes it will be passed by the end of June. He told the dinner guests he has visited all of the senators, congressmen and members of the Department of the Interior, lobbying for the passage of the bill protecting the island. The agreement between the two countries would mean a financial commitment of $50,000 a year each, to prevent erosion of the banks of the island. Hatfield said the province is "prepared to pay a reasonable price" for the lot of land on Minister's Island still not provincially owned but added, "we are not prepared to be taken though."
Nothing can be done on the island until it is entirely owned by the province. Hatfield reminded the crowd. He said eventually though the island sill be exploited "to educate people of the greatness of the man, [Van Horne] and the greatness of our heritage."
Hatfield described a visit he made to the island. He recalled the large rocking chair on the porch and other large pieces of furniture in the house. "I can remember thinking this really was the dimension of the man," the Premier said [this may have been Addie's chair, however], also mentioning a painting which Van Horne had done for his only son.
Thanks to Imperial Oil, all of the Van Horne paintings that are available will be returned to the province and will eventually hang once again in the house, Hatfield said. Hatfield asked St. Andrews residents to "appreciate and realize what this town has."
He said the challenge for residents is to ensure "100 years from now there is as much here as there is today. In the name of God don't take it for granted," the Premier said.
St. Croix Courier
June 2/1982
Croix Duffers dominate tees at Algonquin. Peter Ross and Mike Graham mentioned.
St. Croix Courier
June 9/1982
Courier judged Atlantic's Best all Around Newspaper.
St. Croix Courier
June 16/1982
19th Annual meeting of New Brunswick Assoc of Hospital Auxiliaries at Algonquin
St. Croix Courier
June 30/1982
1932 Prince Arthur Graduates still going strong. Photo of Rose Haughn and classmates.
St. Croix Courier
July 7/1982
Campobello shines for FDR's 100th. Arthur Schlesinger, J. K. Galbraith in attendance.
St. Croix Courier
July 28/1982
Media representatives are treated at Algonquin. Details of renovations. Mr. Glendon Graham president of Algonquin Properties Ltd.
St. Croix Courier
Aug 25/1982
St. Croix Isle—Trudeau expected for dedication (of island as international monument Sept. 9). Official signing ceremony at Algonquin 3 pm. Atlantic time. Public reception at Casino.
New tourism center at Waweig to open Aug. 28. Designed by tourism New Brunswick, artwork (wall mural and ship) Richard Orr.
St. Croix Courier
Sept 1/1982
2 photos of "Rossmount" when occupied by Ross's. Doesn't look like present building. Pitch roof. Verandah. 2nd photo shows side addition.
St. Croix Courier
Sept 8/1982
Canada, U. S. heritage bound by St. Croix Island. Ganong's history of Island 1902.
St. Croix Courier
Sept 15/1982
The "Loyalist Library" joins Regional system. History of St. Andrews Ross Library. Photos old and new.
Shot of Heather Brown, Secretary, Sunbury shores.
St. Croix Courier
Oct 6/1982
County Archives find a home: they're in the jailhouse now.
St. Croix Courier
Oct 20/1982
St. Croix Hotel, Calais, to meet wrecking ball. Photo.
St. Croix Courier
Nov 17/1982
After some 150 years, soon "Exchange" will meet its end. Built 1829. Short history. Photos (1900) and 1982.
St. Croix Courier
Dec 15/1982
Public Access limited to Minister's Island.
The New Brunswick government's recent purchase of the remainder of Minister's Island will mean restricted public access to the historic site, said an official of the Department of Historical Resources.
"We're going to protect the place," said David Myles, Historical Site Officer with the provincial program. The province completed negotiations with two landowners Dec. 7 for the purchase of the remaining 10 privately held acres on the island, located one mile northeast of St. Andrews.
The province purchased the two plots from Michael McPherson of Ontario and Doctor Alexander George of Nova Scotia, who acquired the land in the same 1977 auction at which the province bought the rest of the island's property. The island, once the summer home of Canadian railroad magnate Sir William Van Horne and his family, has a history of human habitation which has been traced as far back as 500 BC.
In 1977 it was declared by the provincial government to be an historic site.
In addition to anthropological sites, the island also contains some loyalist-style buildings and the Van Horne family estate. Myles said he was not aware what the province had paid for the island, located near the sand bar connecting the island to the mainland, but confirmed the former owners had asked $200,000 for their property. He said expropriation had not bee contemplated during the course of negotiations because "it would have been too messy and too expensive."
Myles said access to the island, which can be reached by car across a sand bar at low tide at certain times of the year, would have to be limited because his department does not have the funding or the staff to properly develop the island.
The island has been studied several times by Parks Canada officials, he said, who have repeatedly recommended usage of the island be restricted until the property can be preserved.
Vandalism and reckless use of the property have been a problem in the past, Myles said. "When they held the auction over there (at the Van Horne estate), people stole the doorknobs right out of the house."
There were complaints of continued deer hunting on the island this fall, after it was declared to be a Wildlife Refuge by the provincial government. He said his department has "had no problems with people going over there" to the island, but they would not be able to deal with "freewheeling access."
He said there are no firm plans at present for the development of the island as an historic site and tourist attraction, and the department would have to hire a consultant to make proposals on the island's future before development funds could be sought.