Shepherd Bay
| Shepherd Bay | |
|---|---|
  Shepherd Bay | |
| Location | Rasmussen Basin |
| Coordinates | 68°50′N 93°50′W / 68.833°N 93.833°W[1] |
| Ocean/sea sources | Arctic Ocean |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Settlements | Uninhabited |
Shepherd Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located off the western Boothia Peninsula , the bay is on the north side of Rasmussen Basin, south of the Rae Strait.
The former Distant Early Warning Line site, now an unmanned North Warning System station, known as CAM-3 or Shepherd Bay, is located here at 68°47′34″N 093°26′25″W / 68.79278°N 93.44028°W. Established as DEW Line Auxiliary site, 1957. It was an expansive facility with an airstrip and dock facility for resupplying. DEW operations ended in July 1989; minimally-attended NWS Long Range Radar installed July 1989. Appears[where?] that much of the former DEW site facilities remain in use, buildings appear in good repair. Shepherd Bay SRRS Airport (ICAO: CYUS) is listed in the Canada Flight Supplement as abandoned.[2] The site is serviced by helicopter from the site at Cambridge Bay.
References
[edit]- ^ "Shepherd Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 2 September 2024.
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
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