St Andrews Attractions

The Atlantic Salmon Interpretive Centre in St Andrews includes the J. F. Cullman International Salmon Hall of Fame, as well as displays that highlight the history and cultural importance of the salmon. Visitors to the Atlantic Salmon Interpretive Centre can watch salmon from the underwater viewing room or tour the streamside trails along Chamcook Stream.

Greenock Presbyterian Church at St Andrews is noted for its high pulpit and birdseye maple pillars. The church was in the 1820s with a design of nearly perfect proportions so that the pulpit and platforms could be constructed without nails.

The diverse marine life found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Fundy are featured in the museum and aquarium at the Huntsman Marine Science Center. Displays include native fish, marine invertebrates, amphibians and marine plants.

The 27 acre Kingsbrae Garden in St Andrews features traditional gardens such as White, Rose, Knot, Perennial and Cottage Gardens; as well as newer styles reflected in Gravel, Edible, Wildflower, Secret and Ornamental Grass gardens.

Ministers Island was named for loyalist Anglican minister, Parson Andrews whose old stone house (c 1790) still stands today. It is also the site of Covenhoven, the 50-room summer home of visionary railway builder Sir William Van Horne.

Visitors can tour the island from spring until fall.

The Ross Memorial Museum is located in an historic Georgian mansion built in the early 1820s, which is more commonly known as Chestnut Hall. Surrounding the house are beautiful gardens. Inside the home visitors will find the original furnishings of Henry Phipps and Sarah Juliette Ross, who were collectors of fine furniture and art. They filled their home with art from Canada and items they collected on their world travels.