This was a spur of the moment video put together while driving to film the construction site of the Mary Celeste back in December. I didn't think I'd ever use this footage, but then I found out the building was torn down only a few weeks afterward.

This is the old Broderick Hotel in Five Islands, Nova Scotia. When I was filming my Mary Celeste documentary in November, 2022, I saw it on the side of the road and had to pull over to film it. I expected I might never see the building again and I was right. It was torn down early 2023.

There’s not much I can find on the hotel aside from a few sparse details. The earliest reference I can find to the hotel is an 1883 travel guide book that highly recommends the place, but locals have told me it was there as early as 1850.