RMR: Rick Visits Sable Island

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  • @Retired_Gentleman
    @Retired_Gentleman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I was fortunate to spend a day on Sable Island in the mid-seventies. My father, a Marine Aides Technician with the Coast Guard, obtained permission for me to accompany him to the island on one of his trips there to service the two automated lighthouses on the island. It was a beautiful but very isolated place and a trip I'll never forget.

  • @artist45
    @artist45 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    My family lived on Sable for 3.5 years til 1960. They had to come off because of my impending birth :) My dad, mom and two sisters LOVED their life on the island, and because my existence on this planet started there, I'd love to visit one day. Back then there were horses that were trained for saddle riding...that was their main transportation on the island. No trucks back then. Loved this video!

    • @samslick9000
      @samslick9000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Where did the horses get fresh water?

    • @artist45
      @artist45 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There are fresh water ponds on the island. When it's particularly dry, the horses have to dig in the sand to find water. That's what I've been told.

    • @samslick9000
      @samslick9000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where do the horses go during hurricanes. Wouldn't the waves wash them off the island?

    • @artist45
      @artist45 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The island is big...it is a sand bar, but it's 26 miles long and 1 mile wide at it's widest (from what I remember). The waves don''t wash over the island. There are no trees on the island but they amazingly survive during harsh weather. Definitely survival of the fittest. Aside from the horses, there are people who live there...some year round as my family did.

    • @samslick9000
      @samslick9000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would expect Perfect Storm-type waves to annihilate Sable.

  • @susiearviso3032
    @susiearviso3032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The horses look so chubby and happy. I love it.

    • @jimjam002also
      @jimjam002also 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You miss seeing the dead horses, many horses die, because they eat so much sand their teeth get worn out, then they can’t eat, then they die

    • @miraleatardiff8543
      @miraleatardiff8543 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jimjam002also And then there are the cases of sand colic.

  • @Lou72939
    @Lou72939 12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love Rick Mercer. "I thought this was the trip I wasn't going to be in mortal danger!" He's my favourite Canadian!

  • @XDarkVixenX
    @XDarkVixenX 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i would absolutely love to go there one day. Rick ur awesome!!

  • @strangedee1
    @strangedee1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think both Ontario and Nova Scotia are both wonderful in their own way, and one isn't necessary "better" than the other. :)

  • @Admiral8Q
    @Admiral8Q 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love Zoe's jacket! So many pockets!

  • @Lemonhead86
    @Lemonhead86 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I knew there were sharks on the coast sometimes but not so many that you wouldn't want to go swimming. I wish he let her finish her answer.

  • @STUDIOIRVINGKENNEDY
    @STUDIOIRVINGKENNEDY 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great to see sable again, i was there in 2009 for a week, painting, the most amazing place on this great earth. what happen to gerry forbes, he wasn't present in the video; good to zoe though. thanks, and next time you go let me know i'll hitch a ride...heeeheee

  • @LadyLightningstorm
    @LadyLightningstorm 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wild horses in Canada. Yes!

  • @maxscameraguy
    @maxscameraguy 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for giving me a geography lesson. I wonder how the island was found to begin with.

    • @wbell539
      @wbell539 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many ships 'found' Sable Island when they were wrecked there. :-)

  • @angusdrummond6719
    @angusdrummond6719 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful.

  • @zekemowad6501
    @zekemowad6501 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very beautiful but I wonder how people survive out there. In seclusion. What do you do for medical treatment? Not sure how people would operate in those conditions

  • @guytitanic
    @guytitanic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Leave to Rick to find humour on Sable island

  • @klx110man18
    @klx110man18 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    what do the horses do if a hurricane comes?

  • @tarynbyers7317
    @tarynbyers7317 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the seals and horses

    • @Fissey_Gaming
      @Fissey_Gaming ปีที่แล้ว

      It has the biggest seal colony in the world

  • @zekemowad6501
    @zekemowad6501 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like where do you even get groceries? I don't think I could make it 😯

  • @TheSemiProGamer
    @TheSemiProGamer 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    that island is about 100 kilometers from me, how do i get a plane out there

  • @Kikilang60
    @Kikilang60 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard that Sable Islands is unstable, and will soon go under the waves. I wound if there is a way to stablize the islands.

  • @Lhene9
    @Lhene9 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nova Scotia's interesting because it has one easily definable culture. It's easier to grasp what a place is about when there's one main influence. Ontario's a huge hodgepodge of things, so it's that much harder to define, and you have to dig through the layers to get to the really interesting stuff.
    For the record, I think the cultural mosaic in Ontario makes it really fascinating. And I can always find new things to try, even within my own neighbourhood.

  • @Zamolxet
    @Zamolxet 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    ... How do those horses live?

  • @sylvainchamoux5120
    @sylvainchamoux5120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    C'est une ile qui se trouve au Sud des côtes de L' Acadie

  • @Italia311
    @Italia311 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    good. nice vacation spot.

  • @enkhbaatarchuluunbat9355
    @enkhbaatarchuluunbat9355 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wild horses look like in my country (Mongolia). It could be from us...

  • @CanadaRulez4Ever
    @CanadaRulez4Ever 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    finally they've found the "Middle of Nowhere" !

  • @BackyardBS103
    @BackyardBS103 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did they get a truck there? It’s not like they can land a cargo jet there....

  • @EMERALD451
    @EMERALD451 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those are some well fed horses.

  • @hooplan77
    @hooplan77 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    one of the last truly pristine places left

  • @gregoryvess7183
    @gregoryvess7183 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Zo Lucas came to give a presentation in my science class when I was in grade 8.

  • @kockarthur7976
    @kockarthur7976 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:33 Assistant to the field research apprentice!

  • @79tazman
    @79tazman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Typical Canadian they got to have beer even on Sable Island

    • @corinneb9433
      @corinneb9433 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Typical Americans. Always being annoying.

  • @franek_izerski
    @franek_izerski 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great white sharks in the Northern Atlantic?? I did not know that.

    • @Fissey_Gaming
      @Fissey_Gaming ปีที่แล้ว

      The population in Atlantic canada for great whites has grown incredibly. There’s this shark tracking app called ocearch and I’m from Alberta but we go to pei every summer and I always use that app and website. Atlantic canada during the summer and September is filled with great whites

    • @Fissey_Gaming
      @Fissey_Gaming ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s tons off pei and in the bay of fundy right now

  • @jamesmcgiver5245
    @jamesmcgiver5245 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    how you know Johnathan Shepard is a true Canadian...1:37

  • @atticusfredericks6210
    @atticusfredericks6210 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Took a live studio audience along with him ?

  • @83056
    @83056 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't know we had a Sable Island in N.S. *No skinny dipping*

  • @cooldallasshields3439
    @cooldallasshields3439 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rick Steves vs Canadian Rick. Who's cooler?

  • @Jeff-lh2fz
    @Jeff-lh2fz 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jokes but Hey Tazdude. Go Zip around a Nascar circuit.. Wow ppl are so negative. Fun times. Rick's got the best job on the planet. No lies. go RMR!

  • @adacskipper
    @adacskipper 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is a very good point. I guess I'm tired of Ontarrio because I live in a very rural area, where the main intrest is farming. There's not many new things to try out. I guess I need a holiday...;)

  • @jrcigarful
    @jrcigarful 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What's with the canned laughter?

    • @jenelaina5665
      @jenelaina5665 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not, it's being shown to a studio audience.

  • @spaztickolon
    @spaztickolon 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have to agree with you. I live in Toronto. Loads of "culture" but very superficial. The east coast of Canada is head and shoulders above Ontario, and frankly most of the rest of the country. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and especially Newfoundland - literally the best part of Canada.

    • @claytoncurrie4058
      @claytoncurrie4058 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      spaztickolon you forgot about PEI budd

  • @sailorcheri
    @sailorcheri 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @canadarulz4ever look up Pitcairn Island. Now that's REALLY the middle of nowhere ;)

  • @supergirljadg
    @supergirljadg 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    woah woah, let's not start a fight people

  • @dagmowi
    @dagmowi 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clearly you've never been to Thunder Bay

  • @misshiss4040
    @misshiss4040 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its a strip of sand in the middle of the atlantic ocean people..... theres a million islands like that closer to civilization with actual hotels or Inns to stay at, and doesnt require renting a 5,000 dollar per day charter plane to get there !!!!

  • @conniekrasowski9949
    @conniekrasowski9949 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would love to go there I have a horse and I want to go to sable island

  • @awesomeskier12345
    @awesomeskier12345 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    UGH I WANT HIS JOB :/

  • @strangedee1
    @strangedee1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I knew the maritime is a beautiful place but I never realized it was this breathtaking! Too bad it is just as expensive (or even more so) to vacation in Nova Scotia as it is to fly out of the country for an all inclusive!! :(

  • @fishing_amy
    @fishing_amy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hard to believe they culled the beautiful horses 🐴

  • @CptSchmidt
    @CptSchmidt 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No you don't. Ontario receives transfer payments just like Nova Scotia. Go close another factory, stomp out workers' rights, and re-elect Rob Ford, smart one.

  • @fabulousprofound
    @fabulousprofound 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    after we criticized others for letting their party balloons little the ocean... i wonder where that weather balloon ended up?

  • @yellowklayman
    @yellowklayman 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If that was off the coast of Ontario it would be filled to the brim with condos.

  • @vishnumohan5813
    @vishnumohan5813 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ജൂലിയസ് മാനുവൽ...🔥

  • @jb95467
    @jb95467 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's not the geographic center of Canada!

  • @kockarthur7976
    @kockarthur7976 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The awkward and mildly inappropriate canned laughter is so damn.... funny

  • @PattyMill
    @PattyMill 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    No internet? Eek!

  • @bobfurman862
    @bobfurman862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is so expensive to go to Sable Island, it is such a delicate ecosystem. It seems a bit irreverent to allow a TV host clearly accustomed to doing jokey fluff pieces to waste such an opportunity. This was a job for a serious journalist. Kudos to the staff serving on Sable Island for enduring such an annoyance.

  • @Lhene9
    @Lhene9 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't think you've been to Ontario... It's a nice place. Parliament buildings, contains the largest city in Canada, second-highest producer of maple syrup, largest population in Canada, great universities, lots of art galleries.
    Saying it has "no culture" just means that you've bought into stereotypes and haven't taken the time to really get to know it.

  • @xx1527
    @xx1527 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes and domestic!

  • @ryanlangille8690
    @ryanlangille8690 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so I hoped that Rick would include the Overrun grey seal population... but I guess he has forgotten his Newfoundland heritage.
    we'll just put a couple close up shots of a few.

  • @lilkitten545
    @lilkitten545 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful island, and please people, leave Ontario alone :s

  • @Lhene9
    @Lhene9 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aww. Don't go to the touristy places. They are generally not worth it :P

  • @tylerboy1333
    @tylerboy1333 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Horse things.

  • @DJea-ni2yk
    @DJea-ni2yk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sorry but, the music SUCK'S!!! AND it's TOO LOUD!!! Unsubscribing!!!

  • @thechief4114
    @thechief4114 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the canned laughter is so off putting, love Sable Island however

  • @andrewtaylor1513
    @andrewtaylor1513 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too much time spent on the guy. He could probably land on Pluto and spend 2/3 of the time in front of the camera. Some people really just want to be on tv.

  • @xx1527
    @xx1527 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Rick!
    Sorry to post here & hoping you could reply asap! Can you not go out to B.C, help us, help the horses? Plz stand by! - Facebook event = Protest Westwold Horse Slaughter Plant October 19, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.

  • @adacskipper
    @adacskipper 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Erm.. It's not about money. Ontario as absolutely no culture. At least non that it keeps for any length of time...

  • @AdenMcIsaac
    @AdenMcIsaac 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    100th comment

  • @berniebanner9960
    @berniebanner9960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ugh. That fake laughter is brutal to listen to.

  • @adacskipper
    @adacskipper 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in Ontario... But I admit I was too harsh. You're right of course. It's just that I find Nova Scotia much interesting than Ontario and I'm getting a little tired of Ontario's politics...

  • @AdenMcIsaac
    @AdenMcIsaac 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    99th comment

  • @adacskipper
    @adacskipper 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always avoid those places. They never show what the place is really like.

  • @jimjam002also
    @jimjam002also 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is know that 6% or more of the horses die every year, one year 150 died from lack of good food, Horses should not be there