Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia

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Shag Harbour is a small fishing village found along the South Shore of Nova Scotia. It is one of several small villages found in the Municipality of Barrington, Shelburne County. It has a population of roughly 400-450. The main occupations centre around lobster fishing, which takes place from November to May.

Shag Harbour contains a general store, a bed and breakfast, a post office, two wharves, two Baptist churches, and Chapel Hill Museum.

Evelyn Richardson Memorial Elementary School nuzzles the border between Shag Harbour and neighbouring Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia. Its name honours local author Evelyn Richardson, who lived on a small island adjacent to Shag Harbour. Bon Portage Island, or Outer Island as it is known to locals, was the setting for Richardson's award-winning non-fiction.

[edit] UFO Incident

Shag Harbour is relatively well-known for its 1967 UFO sighting, the Shag Harbour incident.

On October 4, 1967, a strange sight was reported over the skies near the coastal community of Shag Harbour. Several people claimed to have seen lights in the sky, which eventually crashed into the ocean near Shag Harbour. Witnesses indicated to police that a small aircraft had crashed in the harbour.

Yellow bubbles were witnessed frothing in the water by fishermen and rescuers who aided in the search for the UFO.

Several TV documentaries and a book have surfaced in wake of the incident.