Sable Island

Canada / Nova Scotia / Louisbourg /
 island, nature conservation park / area, national park
Famous site of many shipwrecks. There are hundreds of wild horses on the island. A Boston clergyman, the Reverend Andrew Le Mercier, sent the first horses to graze on the island in 1737. Most of them were probably stolen by privateers and fishermen. About 1760, Boston merchant and shipowner Thomas Hancock shipped 60 horses to Sable. These horses survived and became wild.
Sable Island is one of the few restricted places in Canada. In 1801 the Government limited access to Sable to stop people from plundering shipwrecks. On June 2, 1960, Prime Minister Diefenbaker protected the horses from all human interference.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable_island
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Coordinates:   43°58'38"N   59°55'33"W

Comments

  • So few visitors that when a small National Geographic sailing ship visited there without advance notice a resident saw them then ignored them. She later explained that she thought they were either Ghosts or Hallucinations.
  • There are no permanent residents on the island.