Deep in the woods, a giant duck made of rock presides over about two dozen small rock ducks and several genuine rubber ducks. The flock delights the many who travel by offroad vehicle toward the remote home of Brad and Lorrie Swan, the couple who started it all.
Rubber ducks made from rocks are multiplying in the woods by Oromocto Lake
Shane Fowler · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 07, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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A giant rubber duck made of rock sits at a crossroads of clearcuts in woods about 40 kilometres southwest of Fredericton. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
It’s about a 20-kilometre drive to Brad and Lorrie Swan’s nearest neighbours on Oromocto Lake.
Getting to their isolated off-grid cabin deep in the woods requires using several dirt roads and remote logging routes.
But the Swans do have a mailbox. They decorate it for Halloween and Christmas.
Nobody delivers mail that far into the forest, however. Not even remotely close.
And the Swans find this endlessly amusing.
“That’s the big joke,” Brad said. “Everyone wonders who delivers, who we pay,
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