About Us

David Sullivan is a freelance writer and innkeeper living in beautiful St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Over the years he has discovered, and continues to discover, that the town has had a curiously interesting and glamorous history for such a tiny place. He has written three books on local history: The Algonquin: On Passamaquoddy Bay (2005) tells the story of the Algonquin Hotel and the notable place the business has had in the history of St. Andrews as a watering place. Minister's Island: Sir William Van Horne's Summer Home in St. Andrews (2007), relates the history in St. Andrews of the town's most illustrious summer citizen. His latest book, St. Andrews: An Historical Scrapbook (2008) is a collection of interesting and entertaining snippets about the town and its people drawn from the local newspapers, and is incidentally a tribute to certain important record keepers. Finally, he has just released St. Andrews In Pictures, a pictorial history of the town from its founding to the present, comprising 417 pictures in 240 pages. All of these books are hardcover and lavishly illustrated on the best paper.

Aside from book writing, Sullivan has collected a great deal of curious matter about the town and its inhabitants, some of which is represented in An Historical Scrapbook and a larger part of which he endeavours to make available through this website. He recommends that anyone interested in further research on the town should visit the Charlotte County Archives at Frederick Street in the old jail. The institution is a great resource for anyone interested in the history of Charlotte County and is one of the few counties in New Brunswick still with its own archives.