One of the most frightening maps in the world. Every known shipwreck around Sable Island. You can see why it's called the Graveyard of the Atlantic. 
I grew up in a fishing town, where SI has such a nasty reputation nobody even wants to say its name out loud. It's like "the Scottish play" to fishermen.
Made famous to the rest of the world after Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm. But anyone who lives in a town populated by lobster fishermen and fishing boat captains knows about this death trap of a shifting sandbar.
"But what's ON Sable Island?" I asked a friend once, and he - a gigantic beefsteak of a lobster fisherman - shivered and said, "Who cares what's on it. Fuck that place."
Horses live on Sable Island. Horses. And 4 people. Maybe 5. It looks terrifying too - here's a pic taken from the space shuttle. To think such a small delicate sliver could be so deadly.
The last time I posted this someone said, "Why can't fishermen just go around it?" Ah yes, the expertise of someone who just learned of Sable Island 5 seconds ago and immediately knows best. Silly silly sailors for not "going around" it. A freakin island that MOVES its position.
The horses of Sable Island. They have a very interesting history too. John Hancock is involved. In a way. They've been out there that long, at any rate.
