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| Shepherd Bay | |
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  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 community of Taloyoak lies 79 km (49 mi) to the north.[2]
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.[3] The site is serviced by helicopter from the site at Cambridge Bay.
References
- ^ "Shepherd Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Point-to-point distance Shepherd Bay – Taloyoak". 16 February 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
