youtube.com/watch?v=aRWr... @minibubbly.bsky.social @anniegirl.bsky.social @maej43.bsky.social @merlinofcanada.bsky.social @luciecatnip.bsky.social @doloresquintana.bsky.social Fascinating stuff. #Shipwrecks on #SableIsland
#SableIsland #AtlanticCanada #artistinresidence #newfoundlandandlabradorartscouncil #artsnovascotia #PrinceedwardIslandart #artsnewbrunswick #MiKmaqArt #VisualArtNS #artslinknb #ArtsNB #ArtsNS #ArtsNFLD #ArtsPEI #MiKmaqArtist #artistesfrancophones #artistesacadiens #provincesatlantique
Archeologists discover historical shipwreck on Sable Island #SableIsland #NovaScotia
halifax.citynews.ca/2026/03/11/a...
Sable Island, NS will be have a bunch of amateur #hamradio temporary antennas setup in March for long distance DXers. Most bands and modes under 50mhz. #novascotia #amateurradio #CY0S #sableisland
Their blog has details.
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 …
The SII is a registered charity, bringing the natural and cultural values of #SableIsland to the public through multidisciplinary programs of research, conservation, and education.
#wildhorsesofsable #adventure #photography #landscapephotography #halifaxnoise #discoverhalifax #explorens
A small rectangle of brown paper with an oil pastel drawing is held up near a vining plant. It depicts a fluffy brown and white sparrow with yellow around its eye, surrounded by reddish grass with sand dunes in the background.
It's the last day of #BirdArtWeek2026! Today is #CharismaticEndemics. The Ipswich Sparrow has a fairly broad range, so it isn't technically endemic to one spot, but it breeds ONLY on tiny, beautiful Sable Island, Nova Scotia (better known for its sand dunes and feral horses!).
#art #SableIsland
This 1974 #book about #SableIsland resulted from 10 years of intermittent research. This is the third printing (1982). #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #maps. $15. #Booksky #NovaScotia #LocalHistory #Maritimes #shipwrecks #LyallCampbell
4/4:… Photo Zoe Lucas. #sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve #navalhistory #Maritimehistory
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
2/3: … same colour as the winter beach grass.
Photo Zoe Lucas.
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
The Sable Island Institute is a not-for-profit and a registered charity. Its ecological research includes study of the horses’ habitat for a better understanding of their…
3/3: … than they are now.
Photo Zoe Lucas. #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable #greayseals
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
3/3:… used to guide, control, and tension lines.
Photo provided by the late Henry James, see link:
sableislandinstitute.org/the-beginnin...
#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
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
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
1/5🧵: Sable Island Artist in Residence, Update #NorthAtlantic #Atlanticcanada #sciart
Rose Morrison, the SII’s first #ArtistinResidence, tuning her fiddle on the north beach at sunrise, a few hours before leaving #SableIsland on November 9.
Since completing the on-island part of the Residency …
4/4: …And an account of working in the colony: sableislandinstitute.org/grey-seal-re...
Photo Zoe Lucas.
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve
4/4:…For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
#research #fieldwork #researchlife #students #fieldcamp #researchstation #DalhousieUniversity #parkscanada #sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve
5/6:… underneath, bifacial solar panels are usually mounted higher above the surface than single-faced panels.
This photo was taken on September 17, soon after the panel installation was completed by GoliathTech.
Photo Zoe Lucas.
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org.
4/4:… fuel drums, & equipment.
Drone photo provided by Guillaume Roy, GoliathTech.
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
#NorthAtlantic #Atlanticcanada #solarpower #parkscanada #sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve
2/2: …The three exposed parts, the tallest about 1.5 m, stood on the shore as if they were three figures pondering the ocean, or having a lively discussion.
There are some wisps of horsehair caught on the wood.
Photo Zoe Lucas. #Beachmonitoring #parkscanada
For more about #SableIsland:
The federal government is spending $5.1 million on “greening” operations at the Sable Island National Park Reserve. #SableIsland #NovaScotia
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
3/4:…#ParksCanada personnel who prepare them for removal from the island.
During 2025, the SII's #beachmonitoring program collected about 40 cans of lubricants, paint, & insecticides, & at least 80 litres of fuel and oil. #toxicwaste #plasticpollution
Photos Zoe Lucas.
For more about #SableIsland…
1/4🧵: Hazardous Materials Washed Ashore. #SableIsland #NorthAtlantic #Atlanticcanada #beachsurvey
Beach surveys for #plasticdebris & oiled/entangled seabirds have been underway for 30 years on Sable Island. While doing the shoreline searches, other #hazardousmaterials are collected. These include…
1/3🧵: A Door & Two Windows, 1971. #SableIsland #NorthAtlantic #Atlanticcanada #lifesavingstation #shipwrecked #graveyardoftheatlantic
In the 1970s, as the abandoned buildings at the Old Main site were overcome by advancing dunes, vegetation (fertilized by the droppings of birds nesting and …
1/5🧵: Old Main Station, 1971. #SableIsland #NorthAtlantic #Atlanticcanada
#lifesavingstation #buriedbuilding #abandonedbuilding
The Sable Island lifesaving station (Sable Island Humane Establishment) was closed in 1958, leaving some buildings (e.g., accommodations, barns, workshops, sheds) …
2/2: ... As the drying sand fell away, the boat slid in parts to the base of the dune and onto the beach where, during storms, the fragments were scattered by waves washing over the area. Photo Zoe Lucas #graveyardoftheatlantic #buriedinsand #parkscanada #sableislandnpr
For more about #SableIsland:
3/3: … Photo Zoe Lucas
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
#Shipwreck #sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve
4/4: … Photos Zoe Lucas.
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org #archeology #sableislandnpr #sableislandnationalparkreserve
