Exploring the Ruins on the Island of Cape Sable

[@kevinkral4568]

Johnny Hotdog is a gem. This channel tops itself with each new post. Regards, Kev PS. You won't find this kind of excellence on TV. This is truly a demonstration of the positive impact of the Internet. -K.

[@DoomsJ]

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[@Mom_Im_On_TV]

Hotdog is the real MVP of this video!

[@DoomsJ]

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[@misskinslie1864]

I like the fella that ferried you around, what a neat guy!

[@basstrammel1322]

386k subscribers?? This guy deserves to have 386 million subscribers glued to their screeens, it's so good. Shame on YT algorythm for not suggest this to everyone.

[@meekerjake92]

Thank you!

[@karenroot450]

Hello. Oh yes very well said! This channel has such in-depth information and research! I find the content fascinating deep dives into fairly obscure stories! Love this channel!👻🎃

[@Dougarawrus]

Guys Is criminally underrated

[@daleolson3506]

The unnecessary music drove me away

[@CPorter]

@daleolson3506 oh please. The music is just fine here. Compared to a lot of other channels, this guy doesn't actually play up anything.

[@jasonhammond4640]

I love this kind of exploring. It's great to have Mr. Nickerson guide you to all those locations.

[@2102012]

Thanks for making this video! I've never been to Cape Sable Island but my great great grandfather was born there, everyone on the island is a cousin of mine in some way or another. Your video has given me a much better idea of what life was like there for my family.

[@2BoTube2]

LOVED this video. Learned so much. The people from Nova Scotia are so genuine. We loved living there as well. I really appreciate the fact that you interview people so well, and your journeys and insights are so appreciated by those who watch your video documentaries. This is one of your best, I think.

[@jonfarthings5134]

Jonny Hotdog seems like the most kindest man in the world....but also the kind of person that you have no idea what they just said...so you just nod and smile 😁

[@EagleKammback]

Every time you post a new video, I get excited. You make some of the best in the genre.

[@concernedhoshiyom1]

This is simply wonderful, I was always interested in ships and shipwrecks but I completely overlooked the land which received the survivors and the dead

[@andredesuremaingrajeda5281]

Thanks for this amazing set of videos of the S.S. Hungarian, Tom. Didn't know a thing about the ship, nor the wreckage, and now I know. Wish I could know more of the interiors of the ship do! If somebody knows where I could find some deckplans, illustrations or pictures; thank you very much.

[@meyou6556]

This is quite the trip to explore. I do hope you compensated the good man who drove you around and gave you lore

[@karenroot450]

Yes exactly. I was thinking the same!

[@tarruska]

It was a wonderful day when KZbin algorithm suggested one of his videos (The Odyssey of Titanic's Lifeboat No. 2), and I really hope more people would find their way here. Love from Finland!

[@TheVulcancommando]

lived in this area my whole life! I love to hear about are local history thank you!

[@CPorter]

Wow can't wait to look into this later. I was just reading about Cape Sable for the first time really processing its existence when going over the Marconi transcripts from April 1912 that we are so familiar with. I can't help but think that Sable Island looks like the shape of the indentation of a long fingernail digging into something. Will leave a future comment once I've seen this. Edit: I have since learned that they are two different islands, both of which are directly related to the ship though.

[@diggr13]

Sable Island and Cape Sable Island are different islands.

[@CPorter]

@@diggr13 i realized this after getting soon into it, will edit when I get a chance

[@JustanOlGuy]

Thank you for documenting this!

[@blueriver5269]

TOM, As a Canadian and great lover of our Atlantic provinces, I very much appreciate all the videos you create to teach us about the great history, we never learned about in school. These are true historical facts that we all should take the opportunity to learn about. You are a great story teller. Awesome video.

[@fightertales]

You have earned every subscriber and every penny you've earned making these videos, Tom. It's an honor to know you. The Isle of Cape Sable is a very under appreciated historic landmark and you did an awesome job covering it.

[@Breenild]

Very interesting like always. Keep it up! 👍🏼

[@SeaBreeeze19]

This is so cool!!! Such an amazing landscape

[@Xzeihoranth]

It's eerie how flat the land is, and how desolate. I assumed all this time later there would be many more buildings.

[@RutgersKnox]

Great video! This weather recently has got me wanting a new 1900 Galveston Hurricane documentary or TV series.

[@soiouz]

Fascinating place and excellent exploration video! Thank you for this, Tom!

[@xreaper_9029]

Mr Hotdog himself ! Always knew you’d be famous Johnny. Well done documentary! The one on the Hungarian was awesome too. Keep up the great work.

[@belindaf8821]

I was just about to go to bed, but then I saw you'd just uploaded. Sleep is for the weak! Fantastic video as usual, thank you for your hard work in bringing us these amazing stories!

[@annereilley4892]

Isn't this a repost? i watched this before.

[@Snailsareawesome-yb5hl]

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[@Snailsareawesome-yb5hl]

@@annereilley4892it is?

[@Snailsareawesome-yb5hl]

@@annereilley4892i think its more about him exploring with narration + extra stuff

[@belindaf8821]

@@annereilley4892 It's a behind the scenes extra type of video. Some things are shown in the last video he posted, but other things aren't.

[@doobat708]

Your footage is just incredible. I love this kind of insight into the journeys you make to get the video for your histories.

[@Ali-lm7uw]

Wonderful channel man. Love it. If you have any jobs, would love to work even for free for your channel

[@extracelestial9527]

Tom, your work is truly remarkable. I am in awe of the respect and sensitivity you demonstrate in your approach to the subject matter. I am also grateful that you create such magnificent pieces of art that serve to preserve history for future generations.

[@mikelangelo1232]

Two videos in a row woah

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Very interesting place. I knew it.

[@Dakiraun]

That's such a great example of humanity at its best that the cabin is left open and stocked, just in case, to this day. Amazing story, and it's amazing the passion and research you put into these, as well as the touching tribute of thinking to to bring the rose in honour of the victims.

[@kittybitts567]

Part-Time Explorer, I know it's going to be a fantastic watch when I see one these videos in my feed. My family is from Canada, my mom from Nova Scotia. These are the best videos! I really appreciate you and the excellent work you do!

[@merhbass]

Brilliant episode (yet again!) Thanks for taking us along. If you (all) haven't already, a must read: Farley Mowat's excellent chronicle, "The Grey Seas Under" (1958) of the renowned, Halifax-based salvage ship, SS Foundation Franklin; its crew, and their tough as hell service throughout the Maritimes (1930-1948.) One of the esteemed author's best...so "salty" your eyeballs will rust.

[@Blitzk3r]

Great video thank you.

[@printedwit]

this fellow johnny reminds me of the watermen of my father's side of the family: the accent, even, feels like a cousin of mine. and any of my great-uncles would've vied to grab a dinghy and be first to cart me out on a trip like this, as they were all big on history. your videos have inspired me to plan a trip north; i hope to get there within the year.

[@wensday8784]

Love the videos and am really enjoying Lusitania: Life of a Greyhound. The book really has the same quality touches we see in your videos. Thank you

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

What a desolate place to shipwreck. Its amazing that people want to live in such a baren landscape. I imagine that the survivors were happy they did. Another excellent production. You are truly an artist.

[@MrSammybucca]

If you are anywhere down near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia you will find a lot of Nickerson's

[@Inu1294]

I was curious watching this and the Hungarian Documentary "Is.... everyone named Nickerson?"

[@gilmour6754]

As a Maritimer up in NB, it really makes me happy to see another Maritimer succeed like this. Great videos bud! Also, Johnny Hot Dog is awesome and reminds me of the salty bastards you'd meet who fish in the bay.

[@winterburden]

Very cool!

[@historicstudios2708]

Awesome stuff!

[@lexpo181]

This is an amazing video, very well done Tom! As a Canadian from Quebec, this is cool to learn a little more about the maritime history of my country. Thanks for sharing this gold mine of information ;)

[@cjbahan6413]

Outstanding video, these are the type of adventures I go on, & this is by far my favorite KZbin channel!.

[@jill-ti7oe]

Gripping stuff Ol' Bean. 👍

[@sandramader1880]

Grew up in this neck of the woods! This is a wonderful video, I've learned some interesting local history today. My grandmother was a Nickerson too. I'm a bit homesick now :)

[@darranbrown270]

thanks for another really interesting documentary.

[@briancisco1176]

Love Johnny's accent.

[@died4us590]

Those sheep are looking you up and down, guess they want to know ifyou plan on making a meal out of them, or maybe they just wonder who is this guy on my island talking to himself. I liked the sheep, and the fact that people cared enough for those who were stranded with nothing to eat, provided them with a source of food to hopefully keep them alive until they were found. I'm in my 50's, and people cared about the welfare of other's when i was growing up, but i don't see so much of that anymore, or even people wanting to talk to a stranger in public. I see so many people buried in their phone, oblivious to the people around them. I find the history of this place very interesting, and the number of shipwrecks is astounding. Thanks for taking us along, and introducing Hotdog, he seems like a good guy, who knows a lot. His accent sounds like a guy i know in Maine, guess he lives kinda near there, but i like it. G-d bless you and yours.

[@captainAlex258]

this would be great to teach my nephew and me cuz I'm learning alot from my country

[@apancher]

Another awesome video! Much respect and thanks to Mr. Nickerson.

[@joshtanner4453]

Proper accent on that cape islander. Lunenburg boy here since 1700s, we have accents too, its how we tell whos from where. You gained a subscriber young fella. Good show, well done. Guarunteed he knows the Smiths lol

[@robvannNS]

Huge respect for a wonderful video. Cape Island is a great place to visit, lots of history including the unique design and development of the Cape Island Boat. Something that may be of intrest is what is called the "Drowned Forest" at a place not far from the lighthouse at a place known as The Hawk. These are tree stumps and roots that become exposed at low tide. Supposedly these are trees that were alive several thousand years ago when water levels were lower.

[@LoreTunderin]

Johnny Hotdog is such a legend

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

Wonderful video Tom. Thanks for showing it to us.

[@rickyjorge6710]

Another wonderful episode. Thanks!

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

I’m from a small lobstering village on the coast of Maine & it’s insane how you can hear strong hints of the coastal Maine accent in Johnnys voice. I never realized how close Sable Island is to the coast of Maine

[@marioncottell7285]

What a great channel. New subscriber here in Nova Scotia. 😊

[@warhawk4494]

Great video man. Very informative and well made. GG

[@AranOCNC]

Been away awhile man but your production quality has gone through the roof. Even better then before!

[@CPorter]

Back again a few days later, finished it fully. Amazing doc once again. I always love the extra mile content people put out, and you Tom, make that a habbit. I especially love the respectfully speculative nature you give to these videos too. Maybe finding out about the mass grave could prove to be a good idea in the future. As well as diving to the remains of the wreck too with your underwater drone. How much you guys wanna bet that the person called "Rrr Mmmm" is named that just to make him pronounce it?

[@timc2346]

Tuned in from Ontario, enjoy your content ! 🇨🇦

[@yoptastic8463]

Thanks very much Tom for doing this companion video to the SS Hungarian video from last week, (which was superb by the way, as suggested in my comment.) I really have enjoyed learning more about that stretch of Canadian Coastline as I know a little more than nothing( being from the UK) about it thanks to you and your SS Atlantic video, the first video of yours I ever watched. So it was a real treat for me (and the rest of us PTE fans!) for you and Johnny 'Hotdog' Nickerson to take me/us to Cape Sable and all the collective places of interest connected with the SS Hungarian. Loved seeing the Cape Sable Lighthouse as I have a thing about them, (maybe because I can see ours on Flamborough Head out my window and I like the shape of them and would love to live in one.) and the importance of the job they do! The Marconi Station and photograph on Cape Race was a thrill as it made me think of Marconi Operator Jack Philips (who you played in your video on it!) messaging back the Californian on that fateful night for Titanic saying, 'Shut Up, Shut Up, I'm busy, I'm working Cape Race.' It seemed to make all of that message all the more real somehow, perhaps because of you showing us the actual Cape Race. I loved the story of the girl whose premonition-style dream saved the lives of those survivours and then married the Captain who came to thank her - truly romantic! 😊❤⚓🌎🏝🚢🌊

[@jpd4627]

Another fantastic adventure!

[@trekanbelluvitsh]

Great addition to your masterpiece documentary of the "S.S. Hungarian" tragedy.

[@KhanaHatake]

People like Hotdog who know the lived history of an area are SO important.

[@briannave7326]

Another well told story.

[@DoomsJ]

Nova Scotia is my Home I love you for doing this❤ I live in Texas so THANKYOU XOXOXO

[@cardboardempire]

Would love to see more of these. Hot Dog was a delight 😂

[@randilaatsch9758]

Consistently impressive content!!!

[@XRP_4Me]

You’re a legend.

[@Southern-author]

As always, you are able to tell a story and make it personal. The lives of real people that otherwise are long forgotten. The dead come alive when part of some interesting story. .

[@jeffreyoldham55]

Great expedition, Tom. Big thanks to Johnny "Hot Dog". What an awesome guide! It's a shame that you couldn't visit the wreck. At least by drone.

[@karaDee2363]

.Hope you keep doing what you're doing, because it's great❤

[@Lisa1111]

Your channel is fantastic! Thank you Hotdog 😊

[@nerdystitcher]

Excellent!

[@johnhughes8563]

Excellent video thank you so much .

[@SunMind6250]

Excellent video, Tom. Love all of your videos. Subscribed viewer 👍

[@HM2SGT]

That Lighthouse looks like my kind of place

[@applesauce4971]

Love the new intro!

[@Erik_Wulf]

Do you know the band Nightwish and their newest album Yesterwynde? The themes of that album does fit to the feelings I got from you documentary here. Just amazing!

[@MrBrandonBlades]

Absolutely love your work. Let me know if you make it down to these parts again. We will put you up in the domes that look out at the Cape. PEBs By The Sea Glamping

[@ExSpoonman]

You know, for a part-time explorer....you sure get around to a lot of places. You're all over the place....

[@sallypettit7156]

I thought the same thing!

[@mako88sb]

I think the title means us being part time explorers in company with the full time explorer.

[@Brimstone667]

very awesome video as always, hey so I started doing museums an when I was in crescent city I learned a bit about the ship Brother Johnson but i have never heard about it ever until then, could you do a video on it sometime by chance?

[@ministryofanti-feminism1493]

Johnny Nickerson has the most wonderful accent!

[@colintraveller]

Top Drawer ....

[@peterstone7901]

Who comes here for the amazing history, but stays for the "Err Umm"? Show of hands!

[@michaeljcurry]

Huh?

[@Snailsareawesome-yb5hl]

Someone should take pictures of that fish structure + put them in a museum before its too late

[@Danyal-Rajpoot123i]

The good side of the internet

[@RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu]

Flocks of sheep. Herd of buffalo. School of fish. Mass of humanity.

[@died4us590]

I think it would be interesting if you could do a collaboration with Brent, over on Ghost Town Living. He has all kinds of thing's going on, and is trying to 3D map the Cerro Gordo mine shaft under the building that contains the lift that goes down to the 900 ft. level. G-d bless.

[@Olivia-lp5eh]

Dudeeee you gotta check out seal island !!

[@DMIRyellowstoneFan]

Will you do a video on the sinking of the S.S. Atlantic in 1852?

[@cageordie]

I have never heard an accent like his. I presume it's local? There are several recognizable bits of southern English. Some of it sounds like East Anglia and then sometimes West Country.

[@sandramader1880]

Yes so local that you can tell which area the local fishers are from within the municipality. Interesting bit about the accents as New Englanders settled here to fish in the latter part of the 1700s I believe. The local historical folks may know more but I think that is the timeline.

[@rollingstoner6318]

YOOO new Tom wojak just dropped at 26:27 !!!!

[@FuzzySocks902]

Home ❤

[@RaniVeluNachar-kx4lu]

That's an interesting version of English Johnnie's speaking. I wonder if there're any old Norse language fragments as well as the English/Scottish roots from centuries ago?

[@lboiv001]

Can anyone tell what type of bone(s) were picked up at 18:06? Very curious. I have heard that in some places on some of these islands there are still existing remains of prehistoric campsites. Can anyone confirm?

[@Notaghost603]

Come to Vinalhaven!

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Who shears the sheep? That would be a great job 🙂

[@AndyHappyGuy]

What was the relation between Henry and Thomas Nickerson? I assume they’re also Hotdog’s ancestors, is that right?

[@PartTimeExplorer]

I asked him and he said there’s no relation that he’s aware of. Every other person in the area is a Nickerson.