The following is a series of daily posts that were created for Facebook and posted from Sable Island, between June 8 and July 11, 2020. These short notes are observations about natural history and human activities on the island, and have a regular format: a...
Announcing the winners! Thanks to everyone who submitted stories to the contest. All were interesting to read, and each provided unique perspectives and insights, and some surprises. We’ll do this again!...
This writing contest ended on March 13th. Submissions are now being reviewed, and the winners will be announced on April 24th. Thank you to all who entered!...
Arts, science, news, and an introduction to the Sable Island Institute. This public meeting relaunches the popular series of annual updates held at Saint Mary’s University. Admission is free....
On Sable Island, the remains of old stations, communication towers and other activities, discontinued for many decades or longer, are exposed as wind scours sand away from previously buried infrastructure....
Occasionally odd and interesting manmade items have washed ashore on Sable Island. The origin and/or purpose of most can be identified, but some are puzzling, such as miniature boats and wooden barrels. ...
This year the spring equinox (also called the vernal equinox) occurred during early evening on March 20th. The first full day of spring for 2019, March 21st, dawned clear and cool on Sable Island....
The Sable Island Institute invites children living in Nova Scotia to research a Sable Island topic of their choice and write 500-1000 words of creative prose. Entries must be submitted by March 15, 2019. ...
On a clear night Wayne Broomfield set up his tripod and took a series of photos. Later, when he examined the images, he saw a shape like a spinning top glowing in the sky above the Sable Island Station....
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....