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Graveyard of the (North) Atlantic
See 1958 quote.
1892
 
(1908)
 
It [Sable Island] is . . . sometimes called the "Graveyard of the North Atlantic."
1931
 
Even as early as 1598, Sable Island had begun to earn its title of "The Graveyard of the Atlantic."
1958
 
One hundred and eighty miles east of Halifax lies . . . Sable Island . . . for long known as the graveyard of the Atlantic.