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52-561: Eastern Passage has historically been tied to the fishing industry. Its waterfront has several small wharves and piers. The construction of CFB Shearwater , a military air base, at the northern boundary of the community during World War I, and the construction of the Imperial Oil (later Esso), Texaco (later Ultramar) oil refineries, the Volvo Halifax Assembly plant and automobile import/export facility following World War II redefined

104-503: A long fight from the community for their own High School. Several beaches are in the area. McCormick's Beach is located at Fisherman's Cove near the boardwalk. A salt water beach (Rainbow Haven Beach), is located towards the Cow Bay area of the community. A large serviced beach (MacDonald Beach) is located between Eastern Passage and Cole Harbour. There is also a smaller beach located down the road from MacDonald Beach. Hartlen Point Golf Club

156-602: A result of the Shearwater Heliport Conversion Project saw the entire event moved to Halifax Stanfield International Airport beginning in 2004. From 2004 to 2008 the show was held at Halifax Stanfield International Airport which allowed for both static (ground) display and air show at the same venue, however the airport was deemed unsuitable due to numerous interruptions in the air show component by civilian air traffic movements. The air show moved to Yarmouth Airport in 2009 but returned to Shearwater in 2010,

208-469: Is a section of the Trans Canada Trail . It is maintained by Cole Harbour Parks & Trails. It was an abandoned railbed, but once it was decommissioned, it was transformed into a recreational trail. You could access it from Corsair Drive, Hines Road, Caldwell Road and Bissett Road. Shearwater is approximately 9.84 km (3.80 sq mi) in land area. The Shearwater Airforce base is home to

260-405: Is a youth basketball organization. United DFC was formed in 2016, when four former soccer clubs (Cole Harbour Soccer, Dartmouth F.C., Dartmouth United, and Eastern Passage Soccer) merged and created United DFC . It is organized by Soccer Nova Scotia and features both mini--and--youth leagues. Mini soccer includes Under-6, U-8 and U-10 teams, which are composed of both boys and girls. Youth soccer

312-647: Is also located in Eastern Passage. Opened in 1965 the club is located next to the Devils Battery which is a military complex including tunnels and bunkers. There are several active Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada groups in Eastern Passage, such as 2nd and 3rd Eastern Passage Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Scouting Groups. Eastern Passage is home to Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Iroquois and 24 magnificent, recipient of

364-567: Is divided by gender; it includes U-12, U-14, U-16 and U-18 teams. Registration for soccer starts in February and is open until June for both mini and youth leagues, and the soccer season ends in August. For years, the former Eastern Passage Soccer hosted the Dartmouth region’s year-end mini festival, which is called Soccer By The Sea . Although there is not any recent information that regards population from

416-547: Is headquartered at Shearwater Heliport and provides maritime helicopter operations in support of the Royal Canadian Navy 's Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) from Shearwater Heliport and Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) from Arundel Castle in British Columbia . Shearwater Jetty, the former CFB Shearwater Annex, provides dock facilities in support of Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic and MARLANT warships. Shearwater

468-424: Is served by Aliant ( Telephone and DSL Broadband) and Eastlink ( Telephone , Cable Internet access , Cable TV ). The area has cellular coverage for both GSM ( Rogers / Fido ) and CDMA ( Telus /Aliant). The Tallahassee Recreation Centre periodically offers fitness programs and includes a fitness centre for drop-in use. Outdoor fitness equipment is also available in the adjacent park. Eastern Passage

520-614: Is served by Halifax Transit routes 6B and 6C, which link the community to the Woodside Ferry Terminal as well as the Bridge Terminal in Dartmouth. CFB Shearwater Shearwater Heliport ( ICAO : CYAW ), formerly known as Canadian Forces Base Shearwater and commonly referred to as CFB Shearwater and formerly named HMCS Shearwater , is a Canadian Forces facility located 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) east southeast of Shearwater, Nova Scotia , on

572-500: Is the location of the headquarters of 12 Wing, whose sole purpose is to support and operate shipborne helicopters for the Royal Canadian Navy. 12 Wing is a RCAF unit and reports to 1 Canadian Air Division. 12 Wing operates out of two locations with four squadrons: Beginning in the 1970s, CFB Shearwater began hosting an Armed Forces Day every fall, typically on the weekend following Labour Day , and included an air show where

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624-626: Is the second-oldest military aerodrome in Canada. In August 1918 the US Navy established Naval Air Station Halifax , or NAS Halifax , at Baker Point on the shores of Eastern Passage to conduct anti-submarine air patrols. Lieutenant Richard E. Byrd was Officer-in-Charge US Naval Air Force in Canada, with six Curtiss HS-2L flying boats operating from NAS Halifax and six from NAS Sydney . Naval air operations in Nova Scotia were intended to be taken over by

676-604: Is unknown. Shearwater Heliport's primary mission remains as a heliport in support of the Royal Canadian Navy 's Maritime Forces Atlantic warships with shipborne helicopters operated by 12 Wing, a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force . 12 Wing's squadrons at Shearwater Heliport in Nova Scotia and at Arundel Castle in British Columbia operate the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone . There are numerous construction projects ongoing at Shearwater Heliport in support of

728-408: The 2016 census , or 2021 census , there is information from the 2011 census that records 11,738 people lived within the boundaries of Eastern Passage. In 2011 , the population density of the community was 855 people per km. While much of the community is serviced by municipal water, areas on the outer edges of the community require the use of well water and septic systems. All of Eastern Passage

780-617: The Dartmouth Air Station . This directorate was nominally civilian, the director reporting directly to the Deputy Minister of National Defence, but was still staffed almost entirely by attached or seconded RCAF personnel. The following year all photographic operations were re-organized as independent detachments reporting directly to CGAO headquarters, and the Dartmouth Air Station was placed on "care and maintenance" again at

832-699: The Royal Canadian Naval Air Service (RCNAS), but the war ended before the RCNAS could train sufficient personnel. Following the end of the First World War, the United States Navy gifted its aircraft and flying facilities in Nova Scotia to the Canadian government. The six aircraft at Sydney were shipped to Halifax for storage and the buildings sold at auction. One of the five stations established by

884-609: The 12 Wing of the Royal Canadian Airforce. It has a history of supporting naval operations due to its proximity to Halifax Harbour. The base currently operates combat ready CH-148 Cyclones in conjunction with the Royal Canadian Navy. In the Second World War, it served as a home to flying boats which conducted marine operations. Training operations were always a part of the base's history, and a target range in Grand Desert

936-736: The Air Board restructured its flying operations, merging the Flying Operations Branch into the Canadian Air Force in June. Changes to the organization of the air stations were deferred to the fall to avoid administrative issues during the flying season. On 25 November 1922 the Dartmouth Air Station was renamed CAF Unit Dartmouth and the civilian personnel were commissioned or enlisted into the Canadian Air Force. The name changed again when

988-455: The Canadian Air Force was granted the royal prefix effective 13 March 1923, becoming RCAF Unit Dartmouth , then RCAF Station Dartmouth in early October. None of these changes, nor the official formation of the Royal Canadian Air Force on 1 April 1924, substantially altered the role of the station. Though the scale of flying operations had increased substantially in 1923 and 1924, the year-round maintenance operations did not continue after

1040-512: The Canadian Forces during the mid-1990s saw a largely administrative move when the formation CFB Shearwater stood down and the facilities transferred to the formation CFB Halifax and aircraft operations becoming the responsibility of newly formed 12 Wing. 12 Wing is headquartered at Shearwater and reports to 1 Canadian Air Division . During the late 1990s and early 2000s the Shearwater airfield

1092-673: The Convoy Shield for the most proficient Sea Cadet Corps in the Maritime area. There is a large playing field at Eastern Passage Education Centre, and numerous baseball and general purpose fields located within the vicinity of the three elementary schools. A public tennis court is located near Seaside Elementary. The Horizon Recreation Centre (located in the Horizon Community School building) often has various activities going on year-round. There are several parks and playgrounds in

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1144-433: The Eastern Passage channel to escape, for it was believed that Union naval forces were waiting at the main harbour entrance. An American naval air station was constructed at Eastern Passage during World War I to patrol against German submarines. It was taken over by the Royal Canadian Air Force in the 1920s and became a large air base during World War II. In the 1920s and 1930s, a number of Eastern Passage residents from

1196-526: The Flying Operations Branch of the Canadian Air Board during their first season of operations in 1920 was the Dartmouth Air Station at the former NAS Halifax. Initially, the station's primary role was overhauling the HS-2L flying boats and dispatching them by air or rail to other stations, where they formed the backbone of civil government flying operations for several years. In addition to serving as

1248-560: The Hartlan and Henneberry families proved important sources of Canadian folk songs and stories to Nova Scotia folklorist Helen Creighton . During the second world war Hartlen's Point was bought out in order to build a military complex at the mouth of the harbor. This complex was called the Devil's Battery and is located underground. Serious reductions to the CFB Shearwater base in the 1990s and

1300-813: The Maritime Helicopter Project, including the Maritime Helicopter Training Centre where No. 406 Squadron will be located , as well as a new No.423 (MH) Squadron hangar facility, a new 12 Air Maintenance Squadron facility with six repair bays, and a new Operational Support Facility where the Helicopter Operational Test and Evaluation Facility (HOTEF) and various 12 Wing headquarter functions will be located. Current operations at Shearwater are administratively and operationally part of CFB Halifax and revolve around two functionally separate facilities: The Shearwater Heliport

1352-577: The Shearwater airfield every second year. Shearwater, Nova Scotia Shearwater is an unincorporated Nova Scotia suburban community in the Halifax Regional Municipality between Woodside and Eastern Passage occupied by Shearwater heliport . Shearwater is divided into two sections by Main Road, referred to locally as the Upper and Lower Base but part of the same complex. The Upper Base, on

1404-412: The ability of fixed-wing aircraft to land at Shearwater, forcing the airshow to remove the static (ground) display component of the event, with the air show component continuing to be staged in the skies over Shearwater (using the nearby Halifax Stanfield International Airport as the fixed-wing airfield). The inconvenience of not having a ground component for the "Nova Scotia International Air Show" as

1456-421: The aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia at 44°38′N 63°30′W  /  44.633°N 63.500°W  / 44.633; -63.500 with a variation of 23 degrees west and elevation of 141 ft (43 m). The field was listed as "all hard surfaced" and had four runways but only the first is readable as follows: By January 1943 the runway information had been updated and

1508-560: The area. Two playgrounds are located in the Heritage Hills subdivision (on Melrose and Serop Crescent, respectively), and there are playgrounds at Horizon, Oceanview, and Seaside schools. In August 2006, a new skateboard park opened near Seaside Elementary. Around 2016 a dirt BMX park, originally promised by at the time MLA, Becky Kent, was built. Eastern Passage hosts a variety of youth sport programs that includes baseball, basketball, soccer, and softball. Eastern Passage Tigers Basketball

1560-536: The beginning of the French and Indian War . Built to defend the harbour, the battery provided a cross fire with batteries on Georges Island and McNabs Island . In the late 1790s a Martello Tower was built at each of the three sites. During the American Civil War , The iron Confederate naval cruiser Tallahassee sailed into Halifax Harbour on August 18, 1864, to take on bunker coal and water and then used

1612-547: The community. This "Eastern Passage" into the harbour is not the main shipping channel due to its shallow depths; the main shipping channel lies west of McNabs Island. The Eastern Passage is largely used by small recreational boats and fishing vessels during inclement weather as the island affords shelter from prevailing winds. The community is south--south-west of Cow Bay , and south-east of Shearwater , and has 1,372 hectares (13.72 km) of landmass. Island View High School opened its doors to students on September 8, 2018, after

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1664-526: The defence of the Atlantic coast, Dartmouth was one of four locations selected for construction of a land aerodrome. The station officially became RCAF Station Dartmouth again on 1 April 1938 when a station headquarters was established to control both No. 5 Squadron and No. 4 Repair Depot . The station was known as RCAF Station Dartmouth through the Second World War . In approximately 1942

1716-463: The east side of Main Road, houses the airfield and administrative buildings of 12 Wing Shearwater as well as a skate park, pool, gym, and youth centre. The Lower Base, a thin strip between Main Road and Eastern Passage, holds some maintenance buildings, the Atlantic fleet diving unit, training facilities, and a yacht club. Both Bases contain PMQ military housing . The Shearwater Flyer Trail also begins here. It

1768-455: The eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality . Following a base rationalization program in the mid-1990s, the Canadian Forces closed CFB Shearwater as a separate Canadian Forces base and realigned the property's various facilities into CFB Halifax . Shearwater Heliport is operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The primary RCAF lodger unit is 12 Wing , commonly referred to as 12 Wing Shearwater , which

1820-725: The end of the 1927 season. The facilities continued to be used by mobile photographic detachments operating into the Maritimes from the Ottawa Air Station . In May 1932 detachments of the Ottawa Air Station were formed at Dartmouth, Shediac , and Gaspé to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in combatting rum-running . On 1 November 1932 the Civil Government Air Operations directorate

1872-491: The first time since 2003 that an air show was held at the historic airfield (but again with no ground component). In 2011 the air show was renamed the "Atlantic Canada International Airshow" and was held at the Summerside Airport , formerly CFB Summerside , to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of that base. Organizers have stated that the "Atlantic Canada International Air Show" will likely rotate through

1924-406: The four runways were listed as follows: In 1948, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) took over the facility, naming it HMCS Shearwater (after the First World War sloop of the same name ), also known as Royal Canadian Naval Air Station Shearwater (RCNAS Shearwater). The combined land and sea-based aerodromes were used to station carrier -based maritime patrol and fighter aircraft . Shearwater

1976-721: The heliport conversion project, the old runway 16/34 was permanently closed and placed outside (east) of a new fence for the Shearwater Heliport, as shown in the Canada Flight Supplement effective 31 July 2008. This land for the old runway 16/34 was then transferred by the Department of National Defence to the Canada Lands Company for sale. On 3 April 2009 the land for the old runway 16/34 was re-transferred from Canada Lands Company back to DND, however its future use

2028-584: The local economy. New highway connections have resulted in the majority of area residents commuting to Downtown Halifax or Dartmouth . Prior to the European settlers, Eastern Passage was a season home to the Mi'kmaq for thousands of years. Europeans began seasonal use of the channel starting about 1712 while the Mi'kmaq shifted to McNab's island. The Eastern Passage area was granted to ranger Joseph Gorham , but he did not settle

2080-560: The long and wide runways at Shearwater hosted some of the largest aircraft in the world, including the U.S. Air Force 's C-5 Galaxy transport planes and B-52 Stratofortress bombers. By the 1980s this air show came to be named the "Shearwater International Air Show" and was a popular event for military aviation enthusiasts in Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States as the location of CFB Shearwater, coupled with

2132-435: The main repair and overhaul depot for the Air Board's HS-2L flying boats, the Dartmouth Air Station also conducted flying operations. In most years the station flew fewer hours than the other Air Board stations, though some aerial photography operations, surveys, and exercises with the Royal Canadian Navy were carried out each year. Following the cancellation of part-time training for military pilots on 31 March 1922,

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2184-473: The military-organized "Shearwater International Air Show" was transferred to a civilian organization that saw the event renamed to the "Nova Scotia International Air Show." Organizers of the "Nova Scotia International Air Show" continued to make use the Shearwater airfield for both ground displays and the air show component until 2002. Modifications to the airfield from 2002 onward as part of the Shearwater Heliport Conversion Project saw runways closed, eliminating

2236-502: The passage and the land was regranted in 1798 to Jacob Horn, the first recorded settler who was soon followed by other families. The first European settlers who moved there were mainly German , French , Irish and English . These ethnic groups continue to make up a large portion of the population of Eastern Passage. Fort Clarence (formerly the Eastern Battery), a large gun battery was constructed beside Eastern Passage in 1754 at

2288-653: The popularity of the Halifax area among military aircrew, resulted in heavy international participation from the RCAF, as well as the USAF, United States Navy , United States Marine Corps , Royal Air Force and numerous other NATO air forces in Europe. Defence cutbacks and unit and facility realignments from 1994 to 1996 saw CFB Shearwater stand down as a separate formation and the facility merged as an airfield attached to CFB Halifax. At this time,

2340-419: The same time, runway 16H/34H was reopened, but for helicopter operations only. These changes allowed for heliport operations including instrument approaches and were accompanied with the construction of other non-airfield facilities in support of the Maritime Helicopter Project. Shearwater Heliport opened July 31, 2008, consisting of a new 16H/34H and various helipads for helicopter operations only. As part of

2392-567: The shutdown of the Ultramar Refinery challenged the economy of Eastern Passage in the 1990s. One response was the redevelopment of the small craft harbor, long known as "the Crick" or "the cove" but rechristened in 1996 as "Fisherman's Cove", a tourist attraction which combines a working fishing harbour with gift shops and restaurants. In 1996 Fisherman's Cove opened as a tourist attraction. The attraction had things such as shops and restaurants. In

2444-475: The summer of 2003, the fourth season of Trailer Park Boys was filmed in Eastern Passage. It was the last season of the show filmed in a privately held park. Located at the southeastern edge of Halifax Harbour , fronting the Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Passage derives its name from the narrow strait separating the mainland from Lawlor Island and McNabs Island , both of which lie several hundred metres west of

2496-497: The winter of 1923–24. At the end of the 1924 flying season the station was placed on "care and maintenance" with only a skeleton staff to maintain the buildings. The station re-opened in the late spring of 1925 to resume photographic survey operations and artillery co-operation exercises. In July 1925, retroactive to 1 April, all the RCAF's civil operations stations were re-designated as numbered squadrons, with Dartmouth becoming No. 4 (Operations) Squadron . No. 4 Squadron

2548-506: Was also the home to early experiments with ship-borne helicopters—something which was copied by navies around the world. During the 1960s, the aerodrome at the former RCAF Station Debert was attached to HMCS Shearwater as a training location for carrier landings. The February 1, 1968 unification of the three service branches into the Canadian Forces saw HMCS Shearwater change its name to Canadian Forces Base Shearwater (CFB Shearwater). Base rationalization and defence budget cutbacks for

2600-481: Was inactive from the end of the 1925 flying season, but re-opened the station in 1927 and flew more hours than any previous year. Operations for 1927 were mainly photographic surveys using a Canadian Vickers Varuna , but also included some early experiments in forest dusting with a Keystone Puffer . On 1 July 1927 the RCAF's civil operations were transferred to the new Directorate of Civil Government Air Operations (CGAO), and No. 4 (Operations) Squadron again became

2652-453: Was merged back into the RCAF amid major budget cuts to all government flying. On 16 April 1934, No. 5 (Flying Boat) Squadron was officially formed at Halifax to control the five patrol detachments on the east coast (additional detachments had been formed at Sydney and Rimouski in 1933). The headquarters of No. 5 Squadron moved to Dartmouth on 1 November 1934. When the RCAF decided, in 1937, to primarily operate landplanes for

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2704-503: Was scaled back significantly as the facility transitioned to a heliport with surplus lands identified and transferred to Canada Lands Company . Prior to 2002, Shearwater had two asphalt runways: By 2002 only runway 10/28 remained open. As part of the Department of National Defence 's Shearwater Heliport Conversion Project, runway 10H/28H was reduced in length to the east end only in July 2007. At

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