CFS Shelburne
Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Shelburne is a former Canadian Forces Station that was a shore terminus for the SOSUS, Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) from 1955 to 1994. It was located in the Shelburne, Nova Scotia (municipal district), Municipality of the District of Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, 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) Shelbourne and Naval Station Argentia#Cold War operation ...
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