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he mystique of
Sable Island, a
26-mile long,
crescent-shaped
sandbar about 110 miles off
the shores of Nova Scotia,
has always intrigued me. It
was a childhood dream of
mine to visit the island's wild
horses, which have thrived
there for hundreds of years
in numbers varying from
350 to 500. Yet up until now,
tourism on the island was
extremely difficult to arrange
and prohibitively expensive.
In June of 2013, however, the
Canadian Coast Guard transferred
the management of Sable Island
(also known as "e Graveyard of
the Atlantic" after more than 350
shipwrecks on its shores) to Parks
Canada, and it became the nation's
43
rd
National Park. While it's still
not easy to access, things are look-
ing up for people like me who've
always dreamed of visiting this
remote island.
When I learned that the expedi-
tion company Adventure Canada,
which had been working closely
with Parks Canada, was planning
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