Friends of Sable Island

Sable Island has provided safe haven for ocean travellers for over 200 years. This is a surprisingly recent example.

Sable Island Stories: Volume One - a new and diverse collection of pieces inspired by this mystical place. The articles, blogs, short stories, poems and artwork showcase what makes Sable Island special, deserving of protection, and how it touches people in very personal ways. It is telling that contributors range from those who have lived there to those who have never set foot on its fine white sands. Our wish is that you will feel more connected to the island and motivated to care about its future. https://www.sableislandfriends.ca/sable-island-stories-vol/

This day on Sable Island in 1803: "A squally morn, wind S.W. - early this morn, I sent the three young men to the east end with the boat and Cart, and ten days provisions, in order to transport the cables, rigging and Anchors etc from the east end of the Isle, to the head of the lake according to promise, tho' late in the season - but they have a comfortable house near the Lake, and plenty of provender for the Horse and oxen which are at present in high order: this business had been done long ere this, and the Vessel at anchor which we are building - but the fate of the Schooner Martha occasioned the delay." - from the journals of Superintendent James Morris

Today we honour the memory of the brave men and women who gave their lives for our country. #CanadaRemembers #LestWeForget

November is a great time of year because you get to eat all the fresh vegetables harvested from the gardens. The early residents of the Sable Island Humane Establishment would be hard at work farming all year in order to have fresh vegetables to enjoy. Not only did they farm for survival, but they also farmed for profit! Sable Island was almost perfect for growing cranberries, so the people of the Island would work hard all year to grow the special crop. The cranberries from Sable would always sell for high prices on the mainland, which helped fund the lifesaving station and daily life on Sable Island. To learn more about farming on Sable Island, check out this link: https://www.sableislandfriends.ca/sable-island-summer-stor/ Do you know any other things the residents of Sable Island would do to help fund the lifesaving station?