Graveyard of the (North) Atlantic

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See 1958 quote.

Quotations

1892

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.