Shepherd Bay
Bay in Nunavut, Canada
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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.[3]
| Shepherd Bay | |
|---|---|
  Shepherd Bay | |
| Location | Rasmussen Basin |
| Coordinates | 68°50′N 93°50′W[1] |
| Ocean/sea sources | Arctic Ocean |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Settlements | Uninhabited |
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. 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.[4] The site is serviced by helicopter from the site at Cambridge Bay.
