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02 Apr Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winner of the Trip for Two to Sable Island!

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The Sable Island Institute hosted a raffle for a Trip for Two with Kattuk Expeditions to the Sable Island National Park Reserve in early October 2021. ...

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The hull of a grounded schooner lying at an angle on the beach, with some masts and rigging still intact, and a tumble of sail and rope hanging over the side.

01 Jan Elsie’s Story, a Child’s Life on Sable Island in the Early 1900s

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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....

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A collage of photos showing horses, a seal, a blue iris flower, a weather balloon, and copies of old letters and a post card showing the famous fishing schooner called Esperanto.

30 Dec Sable In Words 2021 – Writing Contest for Nova Scotia Youth

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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....

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Two photos. One, a house with white siding and concrete doorsteps shown in 2008. The other shows the same backdoor in the 1960s, and a young girl with her fair hair and plaid cotton dress fluttering in the wind.

28 Dec Return to Sable Island, Spring 2008 – Cindy Clancey

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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....

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A vast expanse of flat sandy beach entirely underwater, with a line of high dunes along one side and a thin strip of sand along the opposite side. The strip is the only dry land between the floodwater and the ocean.

12 Nov Posted on Facebook, November 8 to December 12, 2020.

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Series #3, Zoe's daily posts from Sable Island to Facebook....

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29 Oct Winner of the Trip for Two to Sable Island

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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....

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22 Oct Posted on Facebook, October 9 to November 7, 2020

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Series #2, Zoe's daily posts from Sable Island to Facebook. ...

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10 Sep Sable: A Dream Realized 60 Years Later – Pamela Delaney, September 2020

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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....

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21 Aug Sid Forward and Family on Sable Island, 1961-1963

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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....

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28 Jul Noctuid Moths and Marram Grass on Sable Island

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Moth larvae, 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....

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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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