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16 Jun Sable in Words 2022 – Contest Winners

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Announcing the winners! Thanks to everyone who submitted stories and essays, and to the team and supporters who made it a success. Watch for the next contest in January 2023!...

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04 May Trip for Two to Sable Island 2022

Posted at 21:17h in Featured, Notes by Zoe Lucas 1 Comment
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The Sable Island Institute is hosting another raffle for a trip to the island by helicopter with Kattuk Expeditions. There will be a maximum of 500 tickets sold. The visit is planned for October 6, 2022....

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22 Apr Exploring Sable Island

Posted at 18:43h in Featured, Notes, Uncategorized by Zoe Lucas 2 Comments
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The SII plans to develop a program of engaging and responsive online opportunities for people to connect with the island, and we begin with this StoryMap project, a collaboration with COGS....

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15 Feb Joyce Barkhouse, Author

Posted at 18:41h in Featured, Notes by Zoe Lucas 4 Comments
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The book Pit Pony, written by Joyce Barkhouse, is about a young coal miner and his companion, a Sable Island horse. Joyce won many awards for her writing, and Pit Pony is the most beloved of all her works....

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08 Feb Sable in Words 2022 – Writing Contest for Nova Scotia Youth

Posted at 21:24h in Featured, Notes by Zoe Lucas 0 Comments
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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 April 15, 2022....

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07 May Sable In Words 2021 – Contest Winners

Posted at 05:55h in Featured, Notes by Zoe Lucas 1 Comment
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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!...

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12 Apr Helicopter Refuelling Facility on Sable Island

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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....

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

Posted at 15:39h in Featured, Notes by Zoe Lucas 4 Comments
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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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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

Posted at 08:31h in Featured, Notes by Zoe Lucas 1 Comment
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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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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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