'''Sable Island''' is situated 160 km SW of [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Starting over 200 years ago, lighthouse and life-saving crews and their animals have inhabited the island. SableA brief attempt at colonization by the French failed at the end of the16th century. The island is a sandbar emerging from the vast shoals and shallows which historically caused many shipwrecks. It is home to over 250 wild horses who are protected by law from human interference. Several large bird colonies are here, [[Arctic Ternstern]]s, and [[Ipswich Sparrowssparrow]]s who breed nowhere else. Meteorological and atmospheric studies are routinely conducted on Sable because of its unique geographic position down-wind from the mainland. Sable Island is mentioned in the book and a staged version appears in the movie [[The Perfect Storm]]. The name means "sand" in French.
