The items on this page are a collection of updates and reports on Sable-related events and activities, and short accounts about selected features of the island’s natural and human history, operations, and cultural life. Some predate the establishment of the Sable Island National Park Reserve in 2013, and of these a number were previously published in the website of the Friends of the Green Horse Society.
The items here are not organized by subject and/or by date of occurrence. They are presented in this page only in the order of publication (i.e., date of publication in this website). Some of the articles are “news”, while others provide some background details about people, projects, programs and operations both on and off the island—all slices of life and times of Sable Island.
Salute to Sable Island at White Point Beach Resort
In late January 2018, White Point Beach Resort hosted the 2nd Annual Salute to Sable Island Weekend – a fundraiser for the Sable Island Institute, and a special ‘Sable experience’ for all.
The Sable Effect Continues, Susan Tooke, 2018
None of us ever know what is around the corner, or what can change our life’s work. In 2007, I was contacted by Red Deer Press about illustrating Free as the Wind: Saving the horses of Sable Island.
Sable Island Fieldnotes, Janet Barkhouse, 2017
In summer 2009, between long hours of field work, copying field data and preparing labels, Janet kept a journal of the feelings, sensations, images, and mysteries of her Sable Island experience—poetry.
A Journey to Sable Island with Adventure Canada, June 2016
The visitor experience was well organized, and Adventure Canada staff were quick to help people have a great time. For many it was the trip of a lifetime, “a lifelong dream” fulfilled.
Sealift, Dominion Diving, Sable Island, October 2012
In late October 2012, after an 18-hour sail from Country Harbour, Nova Scotia, the Dominion Victory and a barge loaded with equipment and supplies arrived at Sable Island to begin a sealift.
