Willa Walker

Although she grew up in Montreal, Willa Walker spent most of the summers of her youth in St. Andrews, participating in the social and recreational life of this exclusive summer community. She later studied in Paris, and was employed as a postmistress on cruise ships, as a private secretary to Lady Marler during Sir Herbert Marler’s term as Canadian ambassador to the US, and as an officer in the Women’s Division of the RCAF In 1948, she moved to St. Andrews with her husband, David Walker. Willa Walker is the former chairman of the Charlotte County Museum and the author of several articles on historic homes in New Brunswick’s Charlotte County.