Free as the Wind: Sable Island Horses

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Sable Island Horses for Sale

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Roundup

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Getting ready for the roundup.

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
Sable Island Preservation Trust

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Corral

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Getting ready for the roundup

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Choosing the Best

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Choosing the best

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Loading a Horse

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Tied up for loading on the surf boat

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Hoisted Aboard

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Hoisting a horse

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Horse Auction

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Ready for auction in Halifax

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Learning Objectives

The learner will:

Demonstrate an understanding of the past interactions of the people and horses that lived on Sable Island.
Describe how the Sable Island horses were caught and sold during the late 1801s to the 1940s.

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