02 Apr Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winner of the Trip for Two to Sable Island!
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. ...
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....
21 Aug Sid Forward and Family on Sable Island, 1961-1963
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....
28 Jul Noctuid Moths and Marram Grass on Sable Island
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....