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Cape

Sable

Island

in

southwestern

Nova

Scotia

or

île

de

Sable

Sandy

Island

New

Caledonia

Sable

Island

île

de

Sable

Island

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is

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Coordinates

Coordinates

Country

Canada

Province

Nova

Scotia

Municipality

Halifax

Regional

Municipality

District

Area

Island

Land

km

sq

mi

Population

Total

Density

mi

Time

zone

AST

Summer

DST

ADT

GNBC

Code

CBRQR

Sable

Island

French

île

de

Sable

literally

island

of

sand

is

a

small

island

situated

km

mi

southeast

of

Nova

Scotia

and

about

km

mi

southeast

of

the

closest

point

of

mainland

Nova

Scotia

in

the

Atlantic

Ocean

The

island

is

staffed

year

round

by

four

federal

government

staff

rising

during

summer

months

when

research

projects

and

tourism

increase

Notable

for

its

role

in

early

Canadian

history

and

the

Sable

Island

horse

the

island

is

protected

and

managed

by

Parks

Canada

which

must

first

grant

permission

prior

to

any

visit

Sable

Island

is

part

of

District

of

the

Halifax

Regional

Municipality

in

Nova

Scotia

However

the

Constitution

of

Canada

specifically

names

the

island

as

being

under

the

authority

of

the

federal

government

The

island

is

also

a

protected

National

Park

Reserve

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Scotia

Rescue

Station

After

Confederation

and

creation

of

a

weather

station

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Park

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Vegetation

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Island

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Island

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History

Early

history

The

expedition

of

Portuguese

explorer

João

Álvares

Fagundes

explored

this

region

in

and

they

were

among

the

first

Europeans

to

encounter

the

island

It

is

likely

that

he

named

the

island

Fagunda

after

himself

An

island

called

Fagunda

appears

on

later

Portuguese

maps

placed

to

the

southeast

of

Cape

Breton

fairly

near

its

present

location

however

the

identification

of

Sable

Island

with

Fagunda

is

not

certain

On

the

other

hand

century

Portuguese

sources

describe

a

fishing

colony

founded

by

the

navigator

in

the

Cape

Breton

Island

further

north

It

is

also

possible

that

Fagundes

sighted

the

island

while

heading

southwest

reaching

the

Bay

of

Fundy

as

the

map

of

Diogo

Homem

and

later

Samuel

de

Champlain

suggested

but

this

is

unclear

The

island

was

inhabited

sporadically

by

sealers

shipwreck

survivors

and

salvagers

known

as

wreckers

Marquis

de

la

Roche

attempted

to

colonize

the

new

world

with

convicts

in

to

bring

some

convicts

to

Canada

to

begin

to

colonize

When

the

convicts

mutinied

they

were

left

on

the

treeless

and

stoneless

Sable

Island

They

managed

to

survive

in

mud

dwellings

for

years

before

being

returned

to

France

by

passing

fishermen

in

Shipwrecks

Sable

Island

is

famous

for

its

large

number

of

shipwrecks

An

estimated

vessels

are

believed

to

have

fallen

victim

to

the

islands

sand

bars

Thick

fogs

treacherous

currents

and

the

islands

location

in

the

middle

of

a

major

transatlantic

shipping

route

and

rich

fishing

grounds

account

for

the

large

number

of

wrecks

The

first

recorded

wreck

was

the

English

ship

Delight

in

part

of

Humphrey

Gilbert

s

Newfoundland

expedition

There

were

at

least

two

incidents

of

shipwrecks

in

the

In

a

well

known

preacher

Rev

Robert

Dunlap

wrecked

on

the

island

Decades

later

en

route

to

Prince

Edward

Island

under

the

command

of

Major

Timothy

Hierlihy

Lieutenant

Kennedy

and

men

wrecked

on

the

island

in

November

The

crew

was

stranded

on

the

island

for

the

winter

Two

died

and

the

remainder

were

rescued

and

transported

to

Halifax

the

following

April

It

is

likely

that

the

construction

of

lighthouses

on

each

end

of

the

island

in

contributed

to

the

decrease

in

shipwrecks

The

last

major

shipwreck

was

the

steamship

Manhasset

in

Her

crew

were

all

saved

the

last

significant

rescue

of

the

Sable

lifesaving

station

No

further

wrecks

occurred

until

when

the

three

crew

members

of

the

yacht

Merrimac

survived

after

their

sloop

ran

aground

due

to

a

navigational

error

Few

of

the

wrecks

surrounding

the

island

are

visible

as

they

are

usually

crushed

and

buried

by

the

sand

After

the

Perfect

Storm

the

commercial

fishing

vessel

Andrea

Gail

s

emergency

positionindicating

radio

beacon

EPIRB

was

discovered

on

the

shore

of

Sable

Island

on

November

nine

days

after

the

last

transmission

from

the

crew

Other

items

found

were

fuel

drums

a

fuel

tank

an

empty

life

raft

and

some

other

flotsam

All

crew

members

perished

and

were

never

found

The

Nova

Scotia

Rescue

Station

A

series

of

lifesaving

stations

were

established

on

Sable

Island

by

the

governor

of

Nova

Scotia

John

Wentworth

in

The

rescue

station

began

the

continuous

human

presence

on

the

island

which

continues

today

Wentworth

appointed

James

Morris

a

Nova

Scotian

veteran

of

the

British

Royal

Navy

as

the

first

superintendent

of

the

island

Morris

settled

on

the

island

in

October

with

his

family

By

the

time

Morris

died

on

the

island

in

he

had

built

up

the

humanitarian

settlement

to

include

a

central

station

two

rescue

boat

stations

several

lookout

posts

and

survivor

shelters

The

stations

rescue

equipment

was

upgraded

in

with

the

latest

generation

of

selfbailing

lifeboats

and

life

cars

through

the

fundraising

efforts

of

social

reformer

Dorothea

Dix

who

had

visited

the

island

in

the

previous

year

After

Confederation

and

creation

of

a

weather

station

The

Canadian

government

took

over

administration

of

the

station

with

Confederation

in

and

added

two

lighthouses

in

Sable

Island

East

End

Light

on

the

eastern

tip

and

Sable

Island

West

End

Light

on

the

western

end

Until

the

advent

of

modern

ship

navigation

Sable

Island

was

home

to

the

families

of

the

lifesaving

crews

and

the

lighthouse

keepers

In

the

early

century

the

Marconi

Company

established

a

wireless

station

on

the

island

and

the

Canadian

government

similarly

established

a

weather

station

Several

generations

of

island

staff

were

born

and

raised

families

of

their

own

on

the

island

although

a

decline

in

shipwrecks

gradually

reduced

the

size

of

the

lifesaving

community

Only

two

people

have

been

born

on

Sable

Island

since

Improvements

in

navigation

led

to

a

dramatic

drop

in

shipwrecks

by

the

mid

century

As

such

the

rescue

station

on

Sable

was

reduced

and

eventually

closed

in

The

Canadian

Coast

Guard

CCG

first

automated

and

eventually

decommissioned

the

light

stations

However

during

this

period

the

islands

role

in

science

grew

first

in

weather

research

The

Canadian

government

expanded

the

collection

of

weather

data

originally

started

by

the

rescue

station

into

a

full

meteorological

station

operated

by

Environment

Canada

and

Department

of

Fisheries

and

Oceans

The

station

conducts

routine

atmospheric

and

meteorological

studies

from

a

permanently

occupied

station

on

Sable

Island

because

of

its

unique

isolated

geographic

position

downwind

from

the

North

American

mainland

In

addition

to

weather

studies

research

on

the

island

expanded

to

a

range

of

ecological

and

wildlife

studies

due

to

its

unique

position

in

the

Atlantic

Sable

Island

is

specifically

mentioned

in

the

British

North

America

Act

Part

Section

as

being

the

special

responsibility

of

the

federal

government

the

exclusive

Legislative

Authority

of

the

Parliament

of

Canada

extends

to

Beacons

Buoys

Lighthouses

and

Sable

Island

For

this

reason

it

is

considered

a

separate

amateur

radio

entity

equivalent

to

a

country

for

award

credit

and

with

visiting

operations

using

the

special

callsign

prefix

Because

it

is

a

separate

radio

entity

Sable

Island

is

a

popular

Dxpedition

destination

Out

of

concern

for

preserving

the

islands

frail

ecology

all

visitors

to

the

island

including

recreational

boaters

require

specific

permission

from

Parks

Canada

Sable

Islands

heliport

contains

emergency

aviation

fuel

for

search

and

rescue

helicopters

which

use

the

island

to

stage

further

offshore

into

the

Atlantic

Should

the

need

arise

the

island

serves

as

an

emergency

evacuation

point

for

crews

aboard

nearby

drilling

rigs

of

the

Sable

Offshore

Energy

Project

The

Canadian

Forces

patrols

the

area

using

aircraft

and

naval

vessels

partly

due

to

the

nearby

presence

of

natural

gas

and

oil

drilling

rigs

and

an

undersea

pipeline

National

Park

Main

article

Sable

Island

National

Park

Reserve

On

October

the

Nova

Scotia

government

entered

into

an

agreement

with

the

federal

government

to

eventually

protect

the

Island

as

a

national

park

The

news

followed

an

announcement

made

by

the

federal

government

in

May

increasing

the

level

of

protection

the

island

receives

by

transferring

control

from

the

Canadian

Coast

Guard

to

Parks

Canada

which

manages

the

island

under

the

National

Parks

Act

Sable

Island

became

a

National

Park

Reserve

on

June

with

approval

of

Mikmaq

stakeholders

Full

national

park

status

has

yet

to

be

achieved

pending

settlement

of

native

land

claims

The

park

is

home

to

hundreds

of

species

of

flora

and

fauna

including

a

breed

of

the

unique

Sable

Island

horse

The

park

is

also

a

breeding

ground

for

marine

life

In

July

a

hike

across

Sable

Island

was

added

to

Google

Streetview

Google

worked

with

Parks

Canada

to

add

the

interactive

views

of

Sable

and

five

other

Canadian

National

Parks

The

imagery

was

collected

in

September

by

a

Parks

Canada

employee

who

carried

a

backpack

version

of

the

Street

View

car

camera

around

an

area

on

the

centre

of

the

island

part

of

Googles

Trekker

program

which

explores

offroad

scenic

locations

The

route

follows

a

hiking

route

that

Parks

Canada

staff

uses

to

escort

adventure

tourists

who

visit

the

island

Geography

Sable

Island

from

the

northwest

Sable

Island

is

a

narrow

crescentshaped

sandbar

with

a

surface

area

of

about

km

sq

mi

Despite

being

nearly

km

mi

long

it

is

only

km

mi

across

at

its

widest

point

It

emerges

from

vast

shoals

and

shallows

on

the

continental

shelf

which

in

tandem

with

the

areas

frequent

fog

and

sudden

strong

storms

including

hurricanes

and

noreasters

have

caused

over

recorded

shipwrecks

It

is

often

referred

to

as

the

Graveyard

of

the

Atlantic

as

it

sits

astride

the

great

circle

route

from

North

Americas

east

coast

to

Europe

The

nearest

landfall

is

kilometres

mi

to

the

northwest

near

Canso

Nova

Scotia

Sable

Island

is

believed

to

have

formed

from

a

terminal

moraine

deposited

on

the

continental

shelf

near

the

end

of

the

last

Ice

Age

It

is

slowly

moving

as

waves

erode

the

western

shore

and

new

sand

is

added

on

the

eastern

shore

and

continually

changing

shape

through

the

effects

of

strong

winds

and

violent

ocean

storms

The

island

has

several

freshwater

ponds

on

the

south

side

between

the

station

and

west

light

however

in

recent

years

their

protecting

duneline

has

been

eroded

to

such

an

extent

that

they

are

changing

from

one

year

to

the

next

In

prior

years

a

brackish

lake

named

Lake

Wallace

existed

in

the

center

of

the

south

beach

At

its

largest

it

extended

for

many

miles

indeed

during

World

War

II

amphibious

aircraft

landed

on

it

Over

the

years

the

lake

shrank

with

an

infilling

of

sand

until

in

late

it

filled

in

entirely

and

disappeared

Since

the

south

beach

is

subject

to

flooding

during

fall

storms

photos

often

show

water

in

the

area

around

the

former

location

of

Lake

Wallace

however

this

flooded

area

is

relatively

shallow

only

a

few

feet

at

most

and

is

not

a

remnant

of

the

lake

The

original

lake

The

island

is

a

part

of

the

Halifax

Regional

Municipality

the

federal

electoral

district

of

Halifax

and

the

provincial

electoral

district

of

Halifax

Citadel

although

the

urban

area

of

Halifax

proper

is

some

km

mi

away

on

the

Nova

Scotian

mainland

Climate

Sable

Island

has

a

humid

continental

climate

Köppen

Dfb

but

its

climate

is

strongly

influenced

by

the

sea

As

such

winter

temperatures

average

near

freezing

while

during

the

summer

months

daily

maximum

temperatures

average

around

C

F

The

average

annual

temperature

range

in

Sable

Island

is

only

C

F

owing

to

the

influence

from

the

sea

compared

to

C

F

at

Halifax

and

C

F

in

Winnipeg

Generally

February

is

the

coldest

month

while

August

is

the

warmest

month

Sable

Island

averages

millimetres

in

of

precipitation

a

year

which

is

fairly

evenly

distributed

throughout

the

year

though

October

through

January

are

the

wettest

months

due

to

frequent

and

intense

fall

and

winter

storms

Being

located

in

the

path

of

major

frontal

storms

and

tropical

cyclones

yearround

most

of

the

precipitation

comes

from

these

storms

Thunderstorms

are

rare

with

only

days

with

thunderstorms

per

year

There

are

frequent

heavy

fogs

in

the

area

due

to

the

contrasting

effects

of

the

cold

Labrador

Current

and

the

warm

Gulf

Stream

on

average

there

are

days

out

of

the

year

that

have

at

least

hour

of

fog

This

makes

Sable

Island

the

foggiest

place

in

the

Maritimes

The

foggiest

season

is

during

the

summer

months

where

July

averages

fog

days

During

the

winter

Sable

Island

has

the

warmest

temperatures

in

Canada

apart

from

the

Pacific

coast

and

can

have

the

warmest

temperatures

in

the

country

on

some

occasions

due

to

the

influence

of

the

Gulf

Stream

Summers

are

among

the

coolest

in

southern

Canada

though

It

is

also

the

most

hurricaneprone

part

of

Canada

also

due

to

the

Gulf

Stream

and

is

the

only

place

where

Category

hurricaneforce

winds

are

likely

in

all

of

Canada

The

highest

temperature

recorded

was

C

F

on

August

while

the

lowest

temperature

recorded

was

C

F

on

January

Climate

data

for

Sable

Island

normals

extremes

Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year

Record

high

C

F

Average

high

C

F

Daily

mean

C

F

Average

low

C

F

Record

low

C

F

Average

precipitation

mm

inches

Average

rainfall

mm

inches

Average

snowfall

cm

inches

Average

precipitation

days

mm

Average

rainy

days

mm

Average

snowy

days

cm

Mean

monthly

sunshine

hours

Percent

possible

sunshine

Source

Environment

Canada

According

to

PlantMaps

Sable

Island

lies

in

Hardiness

Zone

for

plant

hardiness

Vegetation

and

wildlife

Sable

Island

horse

Sable

Island

derived

its

name

from

the

French

word

for

sand

It

lacks

natural

trees

being

covered

instead

with

marram

grass

and

other

lowgrowing

vegetation

In

the

federal

government

planted

over

trees

in

an

attempt

to

stabilize

the

soil

all

died

Subsequent

plantings

resulted

in

the

survival

of

a

single

Scots

pine

Although

planted

in

the

it

is

only

a

few

feet

tall

The

island

is

home

to

over

freeroaming

horses

protected

by

law

from

human

interference

This

feral

horse

population

is

likely

descended

from

horses

confiscated

from

Acadians

during

the

Great

Expulsion

and

left

on

the

island

by

Thomas

Hancock

Boston

merchant

and

uncle

of

John

Hancock

In

horses

and

cattle

were

estimated

to

live

on

the

island

and

the

island

vegetation

was

described

as

covered

with

grass

and

wild

peas

In

the

past

excess

horses

were

rounded

up

shipped

off

the

island

and

sold

many

used

in

coal

mines

on

Cape

Breton

Island

Nova

Scotia

In

the

Canadian

Government

under

the

Canada

Shipping

Act

gave

the

horse

population

full

protection

from

human

interference

Sable

Island

horse

and

foal

Harbour

and

grey

seals

breed

on

the

islands

shores

Seal

counts

from

the

for

the

grey

seal

population

estimated

pups

born

at

that

time

on

the

island

but

surveys

from

as

recent

as

estimated

the

number

of

pups

born

in

that

season

at

The

seals

are

occasionally

preyed

upon

by

the

various

shark

species

that

inhabit

the

waters

nearby

Unusual

corkscrew

bite

wounds

on

dead

seals

suggest

that

the

Greenland

shark

is

probably

responsible

for

most

attacks

here

Several

large

bird

colonies

are

resident

including

the

Arctic

tern

and

Ipswich

sparrow

a

subspecies

of

the

Savannah

sparrow

which

breeds

only

on

the

island

Many

other

species

are

resident

migratory

or

transient

blown

out

to

sea

in

storms

and

returned

to

land

out

of

their

natural

range

It

was

formerly

believed

the

freshwater

sponge

Heteromeyenia

macouni

was

found

only

in

ponds

on

the

island

However

it

is

now

considered

to

be

the

same

species

as

Racekiela

ryderi

found

elsewhere

Rabbits

cattle

and

goats

were

also

released

on

the

island

with

little

success

at

one

point

At

one

point

there

was

a

walrus

population

on

the

island

until

hunters

drove

the

population

to

extinction

Sable

Island

Station

Sable

Island

station

Sable

Island

IATA

ICAO

TC

LID

Summary

Airport

type

Private

Owner

Parks

Canada

Operator

Parks

Canada

Location

Sable

Island

Nova

Scotia

Time

zone

AST

Summer

DST

ADT

Elevation

AMSL

ft

m

Coordinates

Map

Location

in

Canada

Helipads

Number

Length

Surface

ft

m

Sand

Source

Canada

Flight

Supplement

The

Sable

Island

Station

managed

and

staffed

by

Parks

Canada

and

Environment

Canada

is

the

only

permanently

staffed

facility

on

the

island

Climatological

recordkeeping

on

Sable

Island

began

in

with

the

establishment

of

the

Meteorological

Service

of

Canada

and

has

been

continuous

since

Sable

Island

is

the

subject

of

extensive

scientific

research

A

wide

range

of

manual

and

automated

instruments

are

used

at

the

Station

including

the

Automated

Weather

Observing

System

operated

by

the

Meteorological

Service

of

Canada

an

aerology

program

measuring

conditions

in

the

upper

atmosphere

using

a

radiosonde

carried

aloft

by

a

hydrogenfilled

weather

balloon

to

altitudes

beyond

km

mi

and

a

program

collecting

data

on

background

levels

of

carbon

dioxide

which

began

there

in

Research

is

done

to

monitor

the

longrange

transport

of

pollution

aerosols

Fog

chemistry

is

studied

examining

the

transport

and

composition

of

atmospheric

toxins

it

carries

Tropospheric

ozone

is

measured

and

analyzed

by

researchers

in

Canada

and

the

United

States

along

with

other

North

American

sites

BrittenNorman

Islander

being

unloaded

on

the

beach

at

Sable

Island

The

installation

of

the

BGS

Magnetic

Observatory

on

Sable

Island

was

funded

as

a

joint

venture

between

the

British

Geological

Survey

SperrySun

Drilling

Services

and

Sable

Offshore

Energy

The

data

it

collects

aid

scientific

research

into

rates

of

change

of

the

Earths

magnetic

field

and

increase

the

accuracy

of

the

BGS

Global

Geomagnetic

Model

Data

from

the

geomagnetic

observatory

is

used

by

the

offshore

energy

industry

for

precise

positioning

activities

such

as

directional

drilling

Supplies

are

delivered

to

the

Sable

Island

Station

approximately

twice

a

month

by

Sable

Aviation

using

a

BrittenNorman

Islander

Although

the

island

has

a

heliport

there

is

no

permanent

runway

for

fixed

wing

aircraft

which

land

instead

on

south

beach

in

an

area

designated

as

the

Sable

Island

Aerodrome

Prior

permission

is

required

to

land

as

the

area

is

often

unusable

due

to

changing

sand

conditions

Sable

Island

in

popular

culture

The

unique

landscape

history

of

shipwrecks

and

wildlife

especially

horses

have

made

Sable

Island

an

iconic

place

in

Atlantic

Canada

and

attracted

considerable

international

following

In

nonfiction

Shipwreck

survivors

published

early

survival

narratives

about

their

experiences

at

Sable

Island

beginning

with

the

sinking

of

the

Delight

in

The

first

formal

history

of

the

island

Sable

Island

its

History

and

Phenomena

was

written

in

by

George

Patterson

Many

other

histories

of

the

island

and

its

shipwrecks

have

been

published

since

such

as

Lyall

Campbells

two

books

Sable

Island

Fatal

and

Fertile

Crescent

in

and

Sable

Island

Shipwrecks

Disaster

and

Survival

at

the

North

Atlantic

Graveyard

in

and

more

recently

A

Dune

Adrift

The

Strange

Origins

and

Curious

History

of

Sable

Island

written

in

by

Marq

de

Villiers

In

his

book

The

Perfect

Storm

Sebastian

Junger

briefly

describes

the

geography

and

history

of

the

island

Joshua

Slocum

describes

Sable

Island

in

Sailing

Alone

Around

the

World

during

his

solo

circumnavigation

In

fiction

The

island

has

also

inspired

works

of

fiction

beginning

in

when

Nova

Scotia

author

Thomas

Chandler

Haliburton

published

The

Sable

Island

Ghost

a

story

about

a

ghostly

woman

inspired

by

the

loss

of

the

brig

Francis

in

His

story

helped

raise

support

for

the

establishment

of

a

rescue

station

on

the

island

Canadian

writer

James

MacDonald

Oxley

wrote

a

youth

novel

The

Wreckers

of

Sable

Island

in

Frank

Parker

Day

s

novel

Rockbound

features

a

vivid

depiction

of

the

sinking

of

the

schooner

Sylvia

Mosher

during

the

August

Gales

at

Sable

Island

One

of

the

islands

most

notable

temporary

residents

was

Nova

Scotian

author

Thomas

H

Raddall

whose

early

experiences

working

at

the

wireless

post

there

served

as

the

inspiration

for

his

novel

The

Nymph

and

the

Lamp

In

his

novel

The

Templar

Throne

published

in

June

author

Paul

Christopher

mentions

the

island

as

the

final

location

of

the

True

Ark

of

the

Christian

Old

Testament

In

photography

The

dunes

and

horses

of

Sable

Island

have

drawn

many

photographers

Among

the

first

was

Arthur

Williams

McCurdy

who

photographed

the

island

its

horses

and

shipwrecks

in

for

National

Geographic

during

a

visit

with

Alexander

Graham

Bell

A

further

National

Geographic

visit

in

the

summer

of

yielded

an

article

entitled

Sable

Island

Graveyard

of

the

Atlantic

In

more

recent

times

Roberto

Dutesco

a

fashion

photographer

began

taking

photos

of

Sable

horses

in

and

features

this

work

in

a

permanent

photo

exhibition

entitled

Wild

Horses

of

Sable

Island

at

his

gallery

in

New

York

Nova

Scotian

photographer

Paul

Illsleys

photographs

of

Sable

Island

horses

inspired

both

a

Canadian

stamp

and

coin

in

In

music

In

Stompin

Tom

Connors

published

his

song

Sable

Island

in

Stompin

Tom

Meets

Big

Joe

Mufferaw

Canadian

folk

singer

Catherine

McKinnon

recorded

a

song

arranged

by

Don

Gillis

also

entitled

Sable

Island

for

the

Canadian

Broadcasting

Corporation

in

The

first

line

of

the

Buck

song

Blood

of

a

young

wolf

is

Ten

thousand

horses

Sable

Island

endless

summer

In

documentaries

The

island

has

been

the

subject

of

many

Canadian

documentaries

by

the

Canadian

Broadcasting

Corporation

and

the

National

Film

Board

of

Canada

beginning

with

the

NFB

film

Sable

Island

by

Allan

Wargon

the

NFB

documentary

Moving

Sands

by

Phillipe

Baylaucq

and

more

recently

an

episode

of

Land

and

Sea

The

most

recent

works

about

Sable

Island

is

the

Canadian

produced

film

Stable

Island

The

Beauty

of

the

Free

created

by

RaeAnne

LaPlante

The

film

explores

indepth

the

wild

horse

population

that

has

called

Sable

Island

its

home

for

over

years

A

number

of

international

documentaries

have

also

explored

the

island

including

the

film

Ile

de

sable

made

by

JeanFrancois

Ducrocq

and

Malek

Sahraoui

for

France

French

public

television

In

Matt

Trecartin

of

Halifax

directed

Chasing

Wild

Horses

a

documentary

about

photographer

Roberto

Dutesco

and

his

photography

of

the

Sable

Island

horses

In

other

films

In

the

film

Captains

Courageous

the

fishing

boat

passes

Sable

Island

on

the

way

to

the

Grand

Banks

of

Newfoundland

Spencer

Tracy

s

character

Manuel

later

says

his

father

died

off

Cape

Sable

Sable

Island

is

briefly

featured

in

the

feature

film

The

Perfect

Storm

which

depicts

the

sinking

of

the

fishing

vessel

Andrea

Gail

near

Sable

although

the

island

is

erroneously

portrayed

with

trees

and

a

giant

stone

lighthouse

Sable

Island

is

the

setting

for

the

film

Touching

Wild

Horses

starring

Jane

Seymour

however

little

attempt

was

made

to

mimic

the

natural

landscape

of

Sable

with

trees

and

rocks

abounding

in

the

background

of

most

every

scene

Sandbanks

Provincial

Park

in

Ontario

standing

in

for

the

island

in

the

film

In

exhibits

A

permanent

exhibit

about

Sable

Island

is

featured

at

the

Maritime

Museum

of

the

Atlantic

in

Halifax

which

includes

two

rescue

boats

from

Sable

and

numerous

name

boards

and

figureheads

from

Sable

Island

wrecks

A

small

exhibit

about

the

Sable

Island

horses

is

found

at

the

Nova

Scotia

Museum

of

Natural

History

The

horses

were

featured

in

a

exhibit

at

the

Equine

Museum

of

Japan

in

Yokohama

On

radio

On

September

Don

Connolly

of

CBC

Radios

Information

Morning

broadcast

part

of

the

daily

current

affairs

program

from

Sable

Island

It

was

the

first

ever

live

commercial

radio

broadcast

from

the

island

Amateur

radio

operators

have

been

transmitting

from

Sable

Island

for

decades

See

also

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Gas

Fields

in

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Sable

Island

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Profile

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Results

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e

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de

Souza

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the

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Mapping

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