Prizes for creative prose about Sable Island! If you live in Nova Scotia, are 10 to 13 or 14 to 17, and are interested in the island, you could be a winner! Entries due by March 12, 2021....
In 1916, when Elsie was two years old, her family moved to Sable Island - they stayed for 14 years. Her father managed the No.3 lifesaving station. For Elsie it was the most beautiful place on the island....
I imagined it as it was when we lived here: the beacon slowly turning, grey wooden swings, clothes flapping on lines, chickens in the yard, and adults busy with chores while children played in the sand....
Series #3, Zoe's daily posts from Sable Island to Facebook....
A year late, but this September they finally made it to Sable Island! Their visit, originally scheduled for 2019, had to be postponed due to poor weather and beach landing conditions....
Series #2, Zoe's daily posts from Sable Island to Facebook. ...
I had not just left the mainland of Nova Scotia that day, I had left the planet, my earthly tether, my mortal coil. I had finally been to Sable Island, where souls fly free....
My father was employed as an electrician on the island. He was responsible for maintaining the lights and diesel power station. Living on Sable was a wonderful adventure for a 3 to 4-year-old child....
Cutworms, which may have an ecological role on the island far bigger than their tiny size suggests, will be the focus of the Sable Island Institute’s first major terrestrial research program on the island....
Image above: A young Sable Island horse and a young Grey Seal on the north beach. For details, see June 11, 2020 (below). This first series of Zoe's daily Facebook posts from Sable Island began on June 8, 2020. Posted on Facebook, July 11, 2020 After almost four...