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Canadian Forces Station Shelburne, also known as CFS Shelburne, is a former Canadian Forces Station located in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia. The facility operated from two locations within the Municipality of the District of Shelburne: * The original facility opened during World War II and 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. This facility included a deepwater port and shore facilities including barracks and residences. * The newer facility opened during the Cold War (part of the original Sandy Point facility was reactivated as well) and was located in the community of Lower Sandy Point, approximately south of the town of Shelburne, on Government Point at the southern tip of a peninsula separating Shelburne Harbour from Jordan Bay. ==HMCS ''Shelburne'' (1941–1946)== In December 1941 the Royal Canadian Navy opened a naval station in the community of Sandy Point named HMCS ''Shelburne'' on the eastern shore of Shelburne Harbour immediately south of the town of Shelburne. Located at the mouth of the Roseway River, this station consisted of a deepwater pier and associated shore facilities, including barracks and residences. It was connected by Canadian National Railways via a short spur from the government wharf spur off its Yarmouth to Halifax main line. On May 13, 1945 the commanding officer of U-889, Kapitänleutnant Friedrich Braeucker formally surrendered to the RCN at HMCS ''Shelburne'' after being escorted there from Bay Bulls, Newfoundland on May 10 by and . On May 14 U-889 was taken by the RCN to Halifax. HMCS ''Shelburne'' was closed in 1946 as part of the RCN's post-World War II budget cuts and force draw-down. The facility was converted into an industrial park with buildings sold for private use. Approximately of the Sandy Point property was purchased by the Government of Nova Scotia in 1948 for construction of the "Nova Scotia School for Boys" – a modern penal facility to replace the "Halifax Industrial School for Boys", a penal facility that had closed in 1947. The Nova Scotia School for Boys (later called the Shelburne Youth Centre) would close in 19888 upon the opening of the Nova Scotia Youth Centre in Waterville, NS〔http://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20040210002〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CFS Shelburne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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