St. Andrews blossomed as a resort town when the Canadian Pacific Railroad laid a branch line from Montreal making it accessible to wealthy urban families at the turn of the century. “Cottages” of staggering proportions were the anchors of the social season.

One of these cottages was Kingsbrae Arms, built in 1897, immediately claiming it’s place in the town’s cultural, social, and political history. Back then urgent gossip speculated whether Ellin would marry Irving Berlin (she did); or if Marguerite had danced with H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (ditto). Meanwhile Franklin & Eleanor were not far away on their Campobello estate.