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

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, Canada, within the Barrington municipal district of

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

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

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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

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and later

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personnel stationed at CFS Barrington, a

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early warning radar station located away at Baccaro. Families of service personnel were housed in 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.

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External links

Map of Sherose Island - from Google Maps

Sherose Island on Destination Nova Scotia
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