Sable Island (N.S.)

Photograph of Potamogetaon oblongus (bog pondweed) on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 5
Item
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of Potamogeton oblongus on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 46
Item
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of rich Ammophila grasslands near weather station on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 72
Item
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of rich mixed grassland on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 64
Item
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of rich mixed grassland on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 68
Item
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of seals on the north shore of Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 34, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of an aerial photograph of seals sunning themselves on the beach on the north shore of Sable Island, ca. 1917.

Photograph of six wild horses near freshwater pond on Sable Island

MS-2-789, box 12, Folder 10, Item 69
Item
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of sparse Ammophila breviligulata (marram grass) on Sable Island dunes

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 23
Item
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of sparse Ammophila (marram grass) on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 25
Item
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of sparse Ammophila (marram grass) on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 8
Item
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of sparse Ammophila (marram grass) on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 56
Item
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of Station Number 2 on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of two buildings on Sable Island inside a fenced enclosure -- presumed by Richard Orme Allen to be Station Number 2 -- taken likely in 1917.

Photograph of stunted Pinus sylvestris (Scotch pine) on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 57
Item
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of supply ship CS Lady Laurier from the west end beach, Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 34, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Photograph of Sydney Osborne standing next to a horse on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 37, Item 12
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Photograph of the 1905 wreck of the Skidby

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 1
Item
[1917?]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a copy of a photograph of the wreck of the Skidby, originally taken in 1905, initially grounded 1.5 miles SE of West Light, Sable Island.

Photograph of the 1915 wreck of the Silver Wings

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 2
Item
1915

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a shipwreck off the coast of Sable Island, likely the British steam schooner Silver Wings, lost in August 1915.

Photograph of the Blakeney family on horseback on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 37, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the Blakeney family on horseback on Sable Island. From left to right: Joe or Fred; Muriel; Clyde; Capt. J. U; Mrs. T; Evelyn (Mrs. Hood); Fred or Joe.

Photograph of the bow of the wrecked Skidby

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 4
Item
1918

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph of the bow of the grounded Skidby, taken in 1918 by Richard Orme Allen.

Photograph of the cable-ship Mackay-Bennett's lifeboat man Don Johnson holding a baby seal on Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 18, Item 7
Item
1922

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of the construction of an A-frame building for research and dwelling on Sable Island

PC1, Box 31, Folder 35, Item 56
Item
June 1971

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of John Wright, graduate student Dean Renouf and Psychologist Dr. Henry James constructing an A-frame building for research and dwelling on Sable Island. Photographs taken by Peter Saraganian. Peter Saraganian was with psychology department. Wamboldt-Waterfield printed the photo.

Saraganian, Peter

Photograph of the first well at the extended wireless station on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 13
Item
1918

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the first well created at the extended Sable Island wireless station, likely taken in 1918.

Photograph of the hulk of the Skidby aground on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 3
Item
[1917?]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph, likely taken around 1917, of the hulk of the British steam schooner Skidby, which ran aground off West Light, Sable Island, in 1905.

Photograph of the Main Station on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph showing six buildings on Sable Island, making up the Main Station on the island.

Photograph of the Main Station on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of two of the larger buildings in Sable Island's main station.

Photograph of the Main Station on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 34, Item 7
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph showing six buildings on Sable Island, making up the Main Station on the island, ca. 1917.

Photograph of the Main Station on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of two buildings, including the Sable Island Main Station, taken ca. 1917.

Photograph of the Main Station on Sable Island

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10, Item 32
Item
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of the new west lighthouse on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 10
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the new western lighthouse on Sable Island, taken shortly after the completion of construction, likely in early 1918.

Photograph of the north shore of Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 34, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the beach along the north shore of Sable Island, ca. 1917.

Photograph of the old schoolhouse on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 14
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a building on Sable Island -- likely the old schoolhouse -- prior to its being overtaken by encroaching sand, probably taken in 1918.

Photograph of the Ritcey family at Station Number 4 near the east lighthouse on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 37, Item 11
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the Ritcey family leaning on a fence at Station Number 4 on Sable Island, located just west of the eastern lighthouse. Mr Ritcey is absent from the photograph.

Photograph of the Sable Island supply ship CS Lady Laurier

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a ship -- likely the twin-screw steamer CS Lady Laurier -- approaching Sable Island on a resupply mission, ca. 1920.

Photograph of the Sable Island west end beach from supply ship CS Lady Laurier

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 34, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Photograph of the schooner Esperanto after striking a sunken wreck and sinking herself off Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 6
Item
1921

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The Gloucester fishing schooner Esperanto won the Herald Cup at the first international fisherman's races in 1920, which was held off Halifax.

Photograph of the trawler Fabia attempting to salvage the sunken schooner Esperanto at Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 4
Item
1921

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of the trawler Fabia trying to get the schooner Esperanto to the surface off Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
1921

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The trawler Fabia was from Boston, and was equipped with diving and salvage gear. In the summer of 1921, the Fabia was financed by the Boston Post to raise the schooner Esperanto in order to defend the latter's title to the Herald Cup. The efforts to put the schooner back into service ultimately failed.

Photograph of the wild horse Louise and her colt on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 36, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the Sable Island wild horse Louise and her colt, with four other wild horses in the background.

Photograph of the wild horse "Ottawa" on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 36, Item 4
Item
1917

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the Sable Island wild horse named Ottawa, ca. 1917.

Photograph of the wireless station on Sable Island before 1918 extension

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the Sable Island wireless station, prior to the expansion of the facility in 1918.

Photograph of the wireless station on Sable Island before its extension in 1918

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the primary wireless station on Sable Island prior to its expansion in 1918.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall posing on a beach of Sable Island beside a beached life boat

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 18, Item 8
Item
1922

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of three dories ashore on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of three dories ashore on Sable Island, arriving from an unidentified distant fishing boat, taken ca. 1920.

Photograph of three people examining sections for the stack of the new west lighthouse on Sable Island 1917-1918

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 35, Item 9
Item
[1917 or 1918]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of three unidentified people examining sections of the stack for use in the construction of the new western lighthouse on Sable Island, taken either late 1917 or early 1918.