His castle was on the scheldt River, where the city of Antwerp now stands.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis
Maeterlinck's father was a notary by profession; being in comfortable circumstances, however, he did not practise, but lived in a country villa at Oostacker, near Ghent, on the banks of the broad canal which joins Ghent to the scheldt at the Dutch town of Terneuzen.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
The trouble came when it blew up hard off the scheldt; but even when coming over the bar, the "romance" of the sea qualified its pains a little.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch