07 May Sable In Words 2021 – Contest Winners
Announcing the winners! Thanks to everyone who submitted stories and essays, and to the team and supporters who made it a success. The number of entries tripled this year. We’ll do it again!...
12 Apr Helicopter Refuelling Facility on Sable Island
Since 1801 Sable Island has provided safe haven for shipwreck victims, and during the past six decades, has served as an emergency landing and/or refuelling site for helicopters, including SAR....
02 Apr Win a Trip for Two to Sable Island!
The Sable Island Institute is hosting a raffle for a Trip for Two with Kattuk Expeditions to the Sable Island National Park Reserve in early October 2021. Ticket sales end August 31, 2021....
01 Jan Elsie’s Story, a Child’s Life on Sable Island in the Early 1900s
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....
30 Dec Sable In Words 2021 – Writing Contest for Nova Scotia Youth
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....
28 Dec Return to Sable Island, Spring 2008 – Cindy Clancey
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....
12 Nov Posted on Facebook, November 8 to December 12, 2020.
Series #3, Zoe's daily posts from Sable Island to Facebook....
29 Oct Winner of the Trip for Two to Sable Island
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....
22 Oct Posted on Facebook, October 9 to November 7, 2020
Series #2, Zoe's daily posts from Sable Island to Facebook. ...
10 Sep Sable: A Dream Realized 60 Years Later – Pamela Delaney, September 2020
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....