SEAL COVE Bois Bubert Island

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Seal Cove: 44° 26.15’N 067° 51.40’W

4th ed. Cruising Guide page 339

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BOIS BUBERT is a large island of 1,000 acres that parallels Petit Manan Peninsula. The island preserves for history the name of a Frenchman otherwise unknown and locally pronounced “Bo-Bare.” Monsieur Bubert’s woods now shelter ruffed grouse, woodcock, and white-tailed deer.
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Most of the island has been acquired by The Nature Conservancy for transfer to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, complementing the refuge on ’tit Manan Point. If you are attracted to the seven-acre freshwater pond at the northern end of Bois Bubert, you should know that it is surrounded by a quaking bog.
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Shoal-draft boats can use Little Bois Bubert Harbor, at the south end, to get ashore, but for deep-keel boats the best bet is Seal Cove, on the east coast. It is sufficiently exposed to ocean swells to make it an uncomfortable anchorage for the night, but it is a pleasant daystop.
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There is an old weir leading from Bois Bubert opposite the north end of Seal Cove Ledge, so the easiest entrance is from the south. Seal Cove Ledge extends a long way southward, so favor the southern shore. There is reasonable protection near the beach at the southwest corner, but the bottom is rocky. There are views of the handsome Douglas Islands and an audience of curious seals usually watches from the ledge.
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