SABLE ISLAND The Acadian Connection - with Lennie Gallant & Patricia Richard
Thu, Oct 26
|Enfield
A full day of guided exploration of Sable Island National Park ending with an hour long unplugged concert in the dunes. Departs Vision Air Services Helicopter Terminal. Max group size 7. Cost $3,550 CDN per person + HST Price includes $100 fuel surcharge


Time & Location
Oct 26, 2023, 7:15 a.m. – 6:20 p.m. ADT
Enfield, 549 Barnes Dr, Enfield, NS B2T 1K3, Canada
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Sable Island The Acadian Connection - with singer-songwriters Lennie Gallant and Patricia Richard
Visit via helicopter
During the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia and PEI , church bells were sometimes buried to prevent them from being taken away in the hope they would still be there, if someday, somehow, the inhabitants might return. The story of the Acadian ponies of Sable Island is a story that also remained somewhat buried until more recent years. The horses are believed by historians to have descended from those seized by the British during the Expulsion of the Acadians between 1755 and 1764. Thomas Hancock, a Boston merchant and shipowner, was paid to transport the expelled and suddenly impoverished Acadians to American shores. Hancock either bought or helped himself to some of the horses lost by the Acadians during that terrible event, and is thought to have transported the horses to Sable…
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$3,550.00
+$532.50 HST
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