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Sable Island was named after its sand—sable is French for “sandâ€. It is covered with grass and other low-growing vegetation. Sable Island is believed to have formed from large quantities of sand and gravel deposited on the continental shelf near the end of the last ice age. The island is continually changing its shape with the effects of strong winds and violent ocean storms. The island has several freshwater ponds on the south side between the station and west light and a brackish lake named Lake Wallace near its centre. There are frequent heavy fogs in the area due to the contrasting effects of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream.
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Sable Island is one of those legendary places where few people ever have the privilege of visiting. Those who are fortunate enough to spend time on this 40 kilometre stretch of shifting sand and grass rarely return unaffected. It's sweeping landscape, remote windswept dunes and legendary nomadic horses strike a cord in all who visit.
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The gas and natural gas liquids from Sable Island are then transported through a two-phase subsea pipeline from Thebaud to the onshore facilities in the Country Harbour area. The pipeline will be 225km long, with an outside diameter of 609mm. The pipeline corridor was chosen to avoid significant fishing areas and other sensitive sites.
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Sable Island is the subject of extensive scientific research. A wide range of manual and electronic instruments are used at the Sable Island station, including the Automatic Weather Observing System operated by the Meteorological Service of Canada; an aerology program measuring conditions in the upper atmosphere using radiosonde which is carried aloft by a hydrogen-filled balloon to altitudes beyond 35 kilometres; and a program collecting data on background levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), which began on the island in 1974. Research is ... done on Sable Island to monitor the long range transport of pollution aerosols. Fog chemistry is studied, examining the transport and composition of atmospheric toxins carried in fog. Tropospheric ozone is measured and is analyzed by researchers in Canada and the USA along with 20 other North American sites.
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Her last film, Touching Wild Horses, was filmed in Sandbanks Provincial Park near Belleville, Ontario, doubling for Sable Island, off Nova Scotia. Seymour plays a gruff, reclusive scientist who is researching wild horses. Her nephew comes to live with her after a major car accident that killed her sister's family. The movie, which made its debut at the recent Toronto Film Festival, shows how these two resistant participants find love and understanding in their attempt to live alone on an island.
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