Sherose Island, Nova Scotia
Sherose Island (43º32'00"N, 65º35'57"W) is a small
Canadian island located off the
South Shore of
Nova Scotia.
The island is located in Barrington Passage, a small
strait in
Shelburne County and measures approximately 2
km long and 0.5 km wide. It is connected to mainland Nova Scotia by a short
causeway.
The island was home to
Acadian families until the expulsion of April
1756. From the
1960s to the late
1980s it was home to families of
Royal Canadian Air Force and later
Canadian Forces personnel stationed at
CFS Barrington, a
Pinetree Line early warning radar station located 27 km away at
Baccaro. Families of service personnel were housed in 60
ft by 12 ft mobile trailers, except for the base Commanding Officer, who had a larger house at the end of the causeway. At its peak, the military housing on Sherose Island contained in excess of 100 families.
The military housing was reduced throughout the 1970s and 1980s as CFS Barrington went into a decline, leaving the concrete pads on which they sat. Today, the island has a small civilian population as well as a small wharf and community centre.
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Map of Sherose Island - from Google Maps
