"Sable Island Shipwrecks: Disaster and Survival at the North Atlantic Graveyard" (used book)

Sable Island Shipwrecks: Disaster and Survival at the North Atlantic Graveyard

by Lyall Campbell

About the book

Used book. Paperback. Good condition.

Over 300 ships have gone aground on Sable Island, the “graveyard of the Atlantic,” as sailors refer to this fog-enshrouded sandbar 300 kilometres southeast of Nova Scotia. The first known shipwreck at Sable Island occurred in 1583 when one of Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s ships, the Delight, was destroyed in a storm. Since then, hundreds of sailing ships, steamers and modern freighters have met with disaster on the island’s shoals and numerous sandbars.

In Shipwrecks of Sable Island, Lyall Campbell tells the story of the ships that sailed into danger, the daring rescues, the people who survived those who perished. The selected wrecks were chosen for their historical importance and inherent appeal, and are set in the context of the development of the life-saving station on Sable Island. The maps, many of which have never before been published, are the most accurate available in showing the evolution of the island, and represent the author’s original research.