Environment Minister Peter Kent just announced that a bill has been introduced in the Senate to establish Sable Island, a rugged and raw extended sand dune off the coast of Nova Scotia, as a national park. Hurray that the senate can do something useful! Hurray that the feds do know how to preserve, not just extract! Sable Island is tiny but has a fascinating history as a graveyard for ships with scores and perhaps hundreds foundering in the treacherous waters of that part of the Atlantic.
Horses from some of those wrecks made their way to Sable Island and managed to survive through many generations. The imagination of our daughter Emily has been captured by these hardy creatures and she would love to travel to Sable Island one day. At $5000 a person it may be a while.
We need protected places, even in this country of wide open spaces on both land and sea. We need governments which will act for future generations, not just short-term economic goals.
This Sunday we will hear that Jesus spent weeks in the harsh Judean wilderness to prepare himself for his ministry. In that rugged environment he heard God clearly and confirmed his purpose. The least we can do is preserve our own wilderness places.
Do you know about Sable Island? Does a trip there appeal to you, price tag aside? Are you glad to hear of the plans to protect it?
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