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24 Dec A Surveyor on Sable Island in the 1970s – Tom Lockhart, 2018

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I first visited Sable in 1974 while working for a Calgary based survey-engineering company. One of the company’s clients was Mobil Oil, and I was there to take measurements at Mobil’s West Sable well....

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08 Dec Once upon a time – Rita Wilson, 2018

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I went to Sable Island. A land of magic. It had to do with luck. I was a member of the Read by the Sea committee casting about for a fundraiser; someone thought of Sable Island. That was ten years ago....

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28 Aug Sable Island… revisited – Jennifer Veres, 2018

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So, 9 years later, I’m on a flight returning from Portugal. After hours of looking from my window seat at the vastness of the Atlantic, something shining, small and crescent-shaped, caught my attention....

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18 Jul First Encounter – Jacquelyn Mills, July 2018

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Two weeks on Sable Island … a universe contained enables a heart to open Boundless : holding the complexity of being so awake to the magnificent wonders of existence, and to the plastics that wash ashore. ...

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01 Jul The Best View of the Stars – Kimberley Forsythe, 2018

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I arrived on Sable Island in winter 2013—it was certainly like no where else I had ever experienced. I got off a helicopter and one of the first things I was told was: don’t step too close to the seals....

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19 Jun A Moment of Utter and Complete Now – Kelly Toughill, 2018

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It was January, probably 2001, when I first visited Sable Island. I arranged to drop in for two days to do a series of stories about the island for the Toronto Star. But the island had other plans for me....

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12 Jun My Grandfather, Born on Sable Island – Noella Brennan Fisher, 2018

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My grandfather, Daniel Brennan 1865-1950, was the first registered male child born on Sable Island. The family lived on the island while my great grandfather was with the staff of the life-saving service....

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06 Jun An Island of Wild Horses – Karen Mulhallen, 2018

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One day someone said something about an island of horses, an island of wild horses. I might have been five or six, but after that I waited and I waited, and eventually the name of the island appeared....

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05 Jun I Dream of Sable Island – Briana Corr Scott, 2018

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When my first attempt to visit the island was cancelled (rains washed out the runway) I wrote about all I dreamed of seeing on Sable. Months later, the words came to life when I finally arrived - magical....

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04 Jan A Summer Job on Sable Island – Dominique Gusset, 2017

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By the end of the month, I felt so immersed in the rhythms of this island environment, where the forces of nature seemed barely influenced by humans, that I felt humbled, and didn’t want to go home....

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About SII

The Sable Island Institute is a multidisciplinary organization developing and conducting a wide range of Sable Island programs, including environmental monitoring, biodiversity surveys, arts and culture projects, and public outreach. The Institute is expanding on the roles of the Friends of the Green Horse Society and will continue the Society’s key initiatives. The Sable Island Institute is registered under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act S.C. 2009, c.23.

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