Sherose Island (43º32'00"N, 65º35'57"W) is a small Canadian island located off the South Shore of Nova Scotia. The South Shore is a region of Nova Scotia Canada. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area 55,283 km² (12th) Land 53,338 km² Water 1,946 km² (3. ...

The island is located in the 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. Simplified diagram A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. ... Shelburne County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... In modern usage, a causeway is a road elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ...

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 Comanding 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 national flag of Acadia, adopted in 1884. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ... The Canadian Forces (CF) (Fr: Forces canadiennes (FC)) are the combined branches of the military of Canada. ... Canadian Forces Station Barrington, also referred to as CFS Barrington, was a Canadian Forces Station located in Baccaro, Nova Scotia at Baccaro Point near the southwestern-most point of the province. ... A rough map of the three warning lines The Pinetree Line was a series of radar stations located across southern Canada at about the 50th parallel, along with a number of other stations located on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ...

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.

External links

• Map of Sherose Island - from Google Maps