Hello and well-met listeners. Thank you for joining me once again on this new episode of the Little Places Travel Journal podcast with me, your host, Molly Dolman. This week, we continue our exploration of Canada's beautiful maritime providences. I've told you about breathtaking spots to watch

the sunrise, deep caves that roar under ocean waves, getaway locales for adventurous couples,

and more across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Today, we're back in New

Brunswick with my trusty RV Wheelman,

making our way along the scenic coast to catch a glimpse of the mysterious chateau on Sealskin Rock.

Here are my travel journal snippets of Sealskin Rock, so please relax, listen and imagine with me the salt spray, shining stone and calling

goals of a singular isolated mansion lost to time.

There's no reaching Sealskin rock.

The small private island is a geological anomaly, cropping up from the Gulf of St Lawrence

just under three kilometres from the nearest mainland shore.

To get a view of the small island, I first drove Wilmond up Route 11, a provincial highway that runs

near the calming stretches of the New Brunswick coast. With good weather, the drive is peaceful

and serene, homes small and large with spacious yards dot along the shore. Each has a porch,

looking out over the water, usually adorned with a porch

swing or rocking chair. A particularly rocky section of the coast from which

Route 11 diverts slightly leads down a rocky road to a small house and a privately owned

dock. There, with just enough space to turn Wilman around,

I stood with binoculars in hand to try my luck at spotting sealskin rock.

Any fog or rolling mist on the open water can block a view of the strange distant island.

I was lucky to have a gorgeously clear day

with crystal blue skies and still dark oceans. Within a minute I had found Silskine

rock with my binoculars and saw the stunning old manor that sits atop of the dark stone.

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