Sable Island Conference 2017
On October 20th and 21st, 2017, the Friends of Sable Island Society presented the second Sable Island Conference on The Science and History of Sable Island. The event featured 23 presentations on topics such as visitor experience, natural wonders, cultural history, and park management. It brought Sable Island to more than 130 attendees over two days. Feedback through evaluation forms identified a clear endorsement of opportunities for open sharing about Sable Island across disciplines to deepen both knowledge and caring for Sable Island.
Many thanks to everyone who made the Sable Island Conference 2017 possible:
Sable Island Conference 2017 Presentations
SI2017-B-2: Visiting Sable Island – three perspectives – Jill Martin, Alison DeLory, Terry Hennigar
First time on the dune, family summers in the 70s, and historical perspective of habitation Within our culture, it is each generation’s duty to keep
SI2017-B-4: Living and Working as a Student on the Sable Island National Park Reserve Daniel DeLong, and Hannah Gillam
University of Dalhousie, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaAcadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada This presentation will provide an overview of the field work conducted by Daniel
SI2017-C-1: Sable Island is a vestige of its former self: how did it form and what preserves it? – Donald L. Forbes
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
SI2017-C-4: Population ecology of the Sable Island horses – Philip D. McLoughlin, Sarah Medill, and Jocelyn Poissant
In 2007, we initiated a long-term, 30+ year individual-based research program on the ecology and evolution of the feral horses of Sable Island National Park
SI2017-D-4: A Sable Island Son: Captain James Augustus Farquhar – Susan Demmons
(great-granddaughter of Captain Farquhar) Captain James Augustus Farquhar (1842-1930) was a master mariner and captain in the late 19th and early 20th century Nova Scotia
SI2017-D-5: The Hennigar Family Experience on Sable Island in the 1970s – Terry W. Hennigar
My call to duty in 1971 as a young hydrogeologist with the Nova Scotia Department of Mines was to assess the fresh water availability on
SI2017-E-1: Nova Scotia’s Role on Sable Island in the 1970s – Hon. Glen Bagnell
1970 Minister of Mines and Water Resources Commission This presentation provides a Nova Scotia Government perspective from the1970s on its interest and role in the
SI2017-E-2: Mapping seamless elevation using topo-bathymetric lidar – Tim Webster, Kevin McGuigan, Nathan Crowell, David Colville
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
SI2017-E-3: Oil and Gas Exploration in the Sable Island area – Stuart Pinks, and Carl Makrides
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
SI2017-E-5: Sable Island National Park Reserve – The Ecological Integrity Monitoring Program and an update on the State of the Park Report – Dan Kehler
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
