CFS Shelburne

Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Shelburne is a former Canadian Forces Station that was a shore terminus for the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) from 1955 to 1994. It was located in the Municipality of the District of Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia. The system, its name and purpose of the shore stations, in which output of the array at sea was processed and displayed by means of the Low Frequency Analyzer and Recorder (LOFAR), was classified until 1991 with "oceanographic research" given as the cover for the actual purpose of undersea surveillance. The shore stations were given the generic and vague name of Naval Facility (NAVFAC). The Canadian facilities were officially given other names reflecting joint Canadian forces and United States Navy operation but within U.S. Navy terminology may sometimes be seen as Naval Facility (NAVFAC) Shelburne and Naval Facility (NAVFAC) Argentia, the other Canadian Atlantic SOSUS shore terminal. The SOSUS facility opened in 1955 during the Cold War adjacent to and including a part of what had been a World War II installation, HMCS Shelburne. That original installation was located on the eastern shore of Shelburne Harbour in the community of Sandy Point, immediately south of the boundary for the town of Shelburne and included a deepwater port and shore facilities including barracks and residences. That installation closed in 1946 becom

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