February 18, 2025 Halifax, Nova Scotia Parks Canada
Parks Canada is excited to launch three new virtual experiences that offer innovative ways to explore and learn about Sable Island National Park Reserve.
Sable Island, a thin crescent of shifting sand 290 km southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is the definition of the word "remote." For generations, the island and its iconic populations of wild horses and grey seals have captured the attention and hearts of people worldwide.
Two new digital exhibits on the Google Arts and Culture platform take visitors on a virtual trip to experience Sable Island. In A Day Trip to Sable Island, virtual visitors tour the island through 360-degree footage and images, which offer an immersive view of unique and remote locations on the island.
The Fences in the Sand exhibit showcases an ongoing research project which seeks to better understand the influence of the wild horse population on Sable Island's landscape and ecology. Through photos, artwork, and 360-degree footage, virtual visitors dive into this collaborative project between Parks Canada and the Sable Island Institute.
In addition, a new video published on the Parks Canada YouTube channel offers a 360-degree, tip-to-tip flyover of Sable Island. Soaring over iconic beaches, dunes, and pond ecosystems, viewers may look around the 360-degree footage to discover the island in stunning detail.
These virtual experiences join an extensive digital library showcasing Parks Canada-administered places coast-to-coast-to-coast, including several other exhibits on the Google Arts and Culture platform.
Parks Canada administers one of the finest and most extensive systems of cultural and natural heritage places in the world. These special places are gateways to discovering, learning about, and connecting with history and nature.
