23 May Visit Sable Island!
The Sable Island Institute is hosting a raffle for a Trip for Two to the Sable Island National Park Reserve in mid-September 2019....
02 Apr Beached on Sable Island, Artifacts with Stories
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. ...
26 Mar First Morning of Spring 2019 on Sable Island
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....
13 Jan Sable In Words – A Writing Contest for Youth Ages 12 – 14 Years
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. ...
17 Aug A Mysterious Light in the Sable Sky, October 2016
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....
01 Jul The Best View of the Stars – Kimberley Forsythe, 2018
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....
06 Jun An Island of Wild Horses – Karen Mulhallen, 2018
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....