Minister 's Island is named after a loyalist Anglican priest , Rev. Samuel Andrews , who settled the island in 1786 .
The island is most famous as the summer home of Sir William Van Horne , builder of the Canadian Pacific Railway .
Minister 's Island is named after a loyalist Anglican priest , Rev. Samuel Andrews , who settled the island in 1786 , but the island is most famous as the summer home of Sir William Van Horne , builder of the Canadian Pacific Railway .