Shepherd Bay Explained

Shepherd Bay
Location:Rasmussen Basin
Coords:68.8333°N -143°W
Oceans:Arctic Ocean
Pushpin Map:Canada Nunavut
Countries:Canada
Cities: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 to the north.[1]

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 . 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 that much of the former DEW site facilities remain in use, buildings appear in good repair. Shepherd Bay SRRS Airport is listed in the Canada Flight Supplement as abandoned. The site is serviced by helicopter from the site at Cambridge Bay.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Point-to-point distance Shepherd Bay – Taloyoak . 16 February 2021 . 3 September 2024.