In the past year the Government of Canada has not only surpassed its Marine Conservation Targets of protecting 10% of marine and coastal areas, but
Precariously positioned in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, the sand aquifer underlying Sable Island stores and releases freshwater that supports its unique ecosystem and park operations.
Part I: An overview of a research project aimed at understanding the past, current, and future change of the island. The first phase of this
Sable Island is a remote, sandy island located in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 180km off the eastern coast of mainland Nova Scotia. In 2013, this
Parks Canada is pleased to share Sable Island National Park Reserve’s first management plan, which was published in September 2019. The plan was developed with
Geological Survey of CanadaDalhousie University In the dark early hours of November 9, 1987, CSS Dawson lay at anchor off the north side of Sable
Applied Geomatics Research Group, NSCC, MiddletonCentre of Geographic Sciences, NSCC, Lawrencetown The coastal zone is a challenging place to map. Techniques for mapping the land
Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, 1791 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3J 3K9 Petroleum exploration offshore Nova Scotia began in 1959. Since that time a
Park Ecologist (Acting), Sable Island National Park Reserve, Parks Canada, P.O. Box 9080 Station A, Halifax, NS, Canada B3K 5M7 As part of the consultation
The earliest published observations on the biota of Sable Island, along with casual observations in the logbooks of successive superintendents, are vague and emphasize natural
Mapping the seabed topography around Sable Island started with British hydrographers Des Barres (1776), Bayfield (1853) and Orelebar (1859). All were lead-line, celestial navigation surveys.
The shallow marine area surrounding Sable Island is floored by sand. The grain size of the seafloor sediment becomes finer eastward, with gravel occurring on
Sable Island is one of the longest continuous sand beaches and largest dune systems found in Atlantic Canada yet little has been written about its
Since the 1960s, the Province of Nova Scotia has carried a mandate of providing spatial referencing infrastructure for its citizens. This infrastructure is known as
In September 2014 the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) completed a third aerial mapping campaign of Sable Island. The AGRG first mapped the island in
The dunes of Sable Island can be categorized into four physiographic regions: the west spit, the main body, the wide flat beaches on the south
Starting in 2008, Dalhousie University’s Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) began deploying Canadian state-of-the-art acoustic receivers and oceanographic monitoring equipment in key global ocean locations. These
The study of hydrogeology is a science which is still in its infancy, being practiced for only 50 years in Nova Scotia. This paper will
After 36 years Terry W. Hennigar, P.Eng., FEC, who spent many months on Sable Island in the 1970’s researching the hydrogeology of Sable Island, returned this
Notes on the Hydrogeology of Sable Island, Nova Scotia Fresh Water on Sable Island Contributed by Terry W. Hennigar, P.Eng., FEC, who spent many months
How a multidisciplinary Dal research project is helping to understand the relationship between the atmosphere and the ocean, and the role that man-made contributors like
This research project involves the measurement of atmospheric ozone profiles from ground level to approximately 35 kilometers. In combination with an international consortium of researchers
Since the mid-1970s, Sable Island has been used as a platform, one of 3 in Canada, for background measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2). This research
This report summaries details about climate change including a description of climate change and reasons for it, indicates trends and looks to the future regarding
There is a great deal of public interest in Sable Island, and much desire by individuals to experience its fascinating ecological and cultural heritage. These
