2/5: The Sable Island Institute and #sableislandnationalparkreserve invite proposals from professional artists in the four #AtlanticProvinces to apply to be the next #artistinresidence on #SableIsland. This year we are excited to announce that three artists will be selected to spend up to two …

*We are raffling off four seats on a helicopter day trip to #SableIslandnationalparkreserve. The trip takes place October 15th, 2026 (rain date Oct.16th).
Prizes are transferable. #ParksCanada #raffle #Bucketlist #tripofalifetime #bucketlistadventures
#wildhorses #greyseals

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4/4:… Photo Zoe Lucas. #sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve #navalhistory #Maritimehistory
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3/3: … life history on Sable Island.
To support our work, please consider a donation, sableislandinstitute.org/about-sable....
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Thanks!
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve

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3/3: … than they are now.
Photo Zoe Lucas. #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable #greayseals
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve
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The Beginning of a Memorable Partnership - Bob Dykes, 2017 - Sable Island Institute In 1971, Bob Dykes flew to Sable Island to meet Henry James and his research team conducting behavioural studies of the island’s Harbour Seal population. Bob worked with the crew as they collected dat...

3/3:… used to guide, control, and tension lines.
Photo provided by the late Henry James, see link:
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#maritimehistory #archeology #DalhousieUniversity #research #SableIsland #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve

3/3:… flitting from perch to perch atop broken iron and ships’ knees. For an earlier post about this wreckage see: bsky.app/profile/sabl...
Photos Zoe Lucas. #archeology #shipwreck #buriedinsand #IpswichSparrow #sableislandnationalparkreserve
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4/4:… themes of fragility, movement, & care that emerged through the Sable Island residency, & by a growing reflection on the responsibility we share to care for the places that sustain us.”
Photo Zoe Lucas. #SableIsland #sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve

5/5: … by Pine Tree Pond West.”
See an earlier post about Rose, the pond, and music: bsky.app/profile/sabl...
Photo Zoe Lucas.
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve
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Grey Seal Research Program, Winter, Sable Island - Paul LeBlanc, 2019 - Sable Island Institute Standing on this island of sand on a cold winter day, experiencing a riot of sensations in a place that stimulates all of one’s senses—sight, sound, touch, smell and taste—all at the same time.

4/4: …And an account of working in the colony: sableislandinstitute.org/grey-seal-re...
Photo Zoe Lucas.
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#sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve

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4/4:…For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
#research #fieldwork #researchlife #students #fieldcamp #researchstation #DalhousieUniversity #parkscanada #sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve

6/6:… For an overall view of the station & the solar array, see the earlier post: bsky.app/profile/sabl...
For more about #ParksCanada ’s greening project, see: parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ns/sab...
#NorthAtlantic #bifacialsolarpanels #GoliathTech #sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve

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4/4:… fuel drums, & equipment.
Drone photo provided by Guillaume Roy, GoliathTech.
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#NorthAtlantic #Atlanticcanada #solarpower #parkscanada #sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve

2/2:… together along a stretch of shoreline. This collection, sorted and piled by waves, includes mostly surf and razor clams, and bay scallops, with a few astarte, wedge clams and slipper shells, and fragments of oyster and welk. And a seal bone.
Photo Zoe Lucas. #sableislandnationalparkreserve

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3/3: … supplies and news, or about picking cranberries and buggy rides, and always the weather, listening to the wind and watching the barometer.
Photos Zoe Lucas. #Maritimehistory #buriedinsand #sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve
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3/5: …part of a workshop’s foundation, and the roses. #Maritimehistory #historicalartifacts #buriedinsand #sableislandnpr #parkscanada
#sableislandnationalparkreserve
Photo Zoe Lucas.
For more about Sable Island: sableislandinstitute.org.

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3/3: … Photo Zoe Lucas
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
#Shipwreck #sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve

Sable Island Institute - Conserving Sable Island Sable Island Institute protects and conserves Sable Island's nature and culture through research, arts & design, and educational programs.

4/4: … Photos Zoe Lucas.
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org #archeology #sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve

Grey Seal Research Program, Winter, Sable Island - Paul LeBlanc, 2019 - Sable Island Institute Standing on this island of sand on a cold winter day, experiencing a riot of sensations in a place that stimulates all of one’s senses—sight, sound, touch, smell and taste—all at the same time.

4/4: …For an account of working in Sable’s Grey Seal colony see: sableislandinstitute.org/grey-seal-re...
Photos Zoe Lucas.
#SableIsland #DFO #research #GreySeals #PuppingSeason #sealresearch
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve

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4/4: … Although there are other colour mutations – yellow, albino (“crystal”) & half-&-half – the blue seems most beautiful.
Photo Zoe Lucas. #sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org

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5/5: …To support our work, please consider a donation, sableislandinstitute.org/about-sable....
And/or become a member, sableislandinstitute.org/about-sable....
Thank you!
#washedashore #buriedinsand #plasticpollution #balloonpollution
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve

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5/5: …
Photos Gerry Forbes & Zoe Lucas.
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#sableislandnationalparkreserve #sableislandnpr #parkscanada

Fall Colours on Sable Island, September-October 2018 - Sable Island Institute During autumn, the island’s landscape becomes a tapestry of silvery-white, pale yellow, tan, amber, buffy, sienna, orange, red and purple, with the bright greens of juniper and crowberry woven through...

4/4: … #sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve
For more fall colours on Sable Island: sableislandinstitute.org/fall-colours...

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5/5: …. People familiar with this view of the house will likely notice something missing. The large Quonset building that was next to the house was demolished by Parks Canada in 2022.
Photo Zoe Lucas. #sableislandnationalparkreserve
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Redirecting...

3/3:… This is what is looked like in early November: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Jnf...
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4/4: … with the response of the rusty, sandblasted metal, storm waves washed over the berm & the carrier was surrounded by ocean floodwater on the south beach.
Photos Zoe Lucas. #rosemorrisonmusic #SableIsland #floodedbeach
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada
#sableislandnationalparkreserve

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2/2: …are still green, the grass is turning golden yellow.
The horses’ coats have become thicker for winter.
Photo Zoe Lucas. #autumn #coloursofautumn
#wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada
#sableislandnationalparkreserve
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3/3: … Almost 6 degrees warmer than it was on Sunday when Rose played this tune for #RemembranceDay.
Video Zoe Lucas (using a cell phone).
#SableIslandwx #NSwx
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada
#sableislandnationalparkreserve
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3/3: … old limb, she played the melody on her fiddle. The tune was so joyous, & Rose was smiling & laughing with delight as the music emerged.
Photos Zoe Lucas.
#Residency #Interdisciplinary #pinetree #music
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada
#sableislandnationalparkreserve
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4/4: … there will be a few more posts about her on-island time.
Photos Zoe Lucas.
#NorthAtlantic #rosemorrisonmusic
#sableislandhelicopter #visionairhelicopters
#sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve
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