Sherose Island is a small island and community of the same name located off the South Shore of

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, Canada, within the Barrington municipal district of

Shelburne County Shelburne County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History Shelburne County was founded in 1784 shortly following the influx of Loyalist settlers evacuated from the newly independent United States of America. It was originally ...

.Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts
/ref> The island is located in Barrington Passage, a small strait in

and measures approximately 2 km long and 0.5 km wide. It is connected to mainland Nova Scotia by a short causeway.

History

The island was home to

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n families until the expulsion of April 1756. From the 1960s to the late 1980s it was home to families of

Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...

and later

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personnel stationed at

CFS Barrington Canadian Forces Station Barrington, also referred to as CFS Barrington, was a Canadian Forces Station located in the unincorporated community of Baccaro, Nova Scotia, Baccaro, Nova Scotia at Baccaro Point near the southwesternmost point of the p ...

, a

Pinetree Line The Pinetree Line was a series of radar stations located across the northern United States and southern Canada at about the 50th parallel north, along with a number of other stations located on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Run by North Ame ...

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. One can still find concrete pads all over the island where the trailers were once placed. Remains of Acadian cellars may also be seen. Today, the island has a small civilian population as well as a small wharf and the main municipal recreation facility, the Sherose Island Recreation Centre which includes a curling rink, arena, outdoor pool and ball field.Recreation Department
The municipal recreation department is also situated in the facility. Sherose Island is also home to the local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

References

External links

Map of Sherose Island - from Google Maps

Sherose Island on Destination Nova Scotia

{{Subdivisions of Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia Landforms of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Islands of Nova Scotia Populated coastal places in Canada Communities in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

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