The Owen House, Campobello Island
Located at 11 Welshpool Street
Campobello Island
New Brunswick
Canada
E5E1G3
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The Owen House - A Country Inn and Gallery is a large colonial inn on a headland overlooking Passamaquoddy Bay. It has a panoramic view of the islands on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border. It faces southwest, the rooms are large and sunny, and you can see the water from every room. Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen, the son of the Welsh Captain who was granted the island in 1769, built the Owen House in 1835. The Owen family ran the island of Campobello as a feudal estate for nearly a century. The old house still has most of the original construction, furniture from the 1800's, quilts and fireplaces, which add to its warmth and charm.
There are nine guest rooms and seven baths. The second floor rooms each have a private bath and the third floor rooms (the servants had the best view) share two baths. Guests have the use of several large sitting rooms on the first floor, all of which open up onto porches overlooking the sea. Several people usually gather around a fire in the evening.
The house is on ten acres of land and far from road noise, except the occasional coming and going of the fishing boats at the distant wharf, and the sounds of gulls and waves. Everyone usually sleeps well because of the salt air and the silence. In the morning guests gather around the large table in the sunny dining room for breakfast. We have unique and interesting people who invariably find something in common. Often long discussions occur over lingering breakfasts. We serve a full breakfast in the dining room.
Campobello Island is located just two and one half hours north of Bar Harbor, Maine, and two and a half hours south of St.John, New Brunswick, Canada.
There are several restaurants in the area. The Deer Island ferry leaves from the beach adjoining the Owen House. One can leave the car and go on foot to Deer Island and Eastport for an inexpensive sea journey. Campobello also has an excellent golf course. Owen House is on the same cove as the Roosevelt Campobello International Park which has FDR's summer "cottage" open to the public. The whole area has wonderful hiking in the International park, the Provincial park and West Quoddy Head State park just across the border. Whales are often seen from East Quoddy lighthouse on the north end of the island.