Recherche dans la collection - Registry files of the Canadian Marine Transportation Administration, Canadian Coast Guard, Wester Region, Vancouver, B.C. [textual record]

The responsibilities of the Canadian Coast Guard include the provision of such services as aids to navigation, telecommunications and ship movement systems, ship safety including search and rescue, icebreaking, and all regulatory activities concerning the design, construction and maintenance of ships, the safety of personnel and cargoes, pollution prevention and marine casualty investigations.
To carry out this mandate, the coast guard maintains regional facilities in Quebec City, Toronto, Ontario, Dartmouth, N.S., St. John's, Newfoundland and Vancouver, B.C.
The records in this accession consist of administrative and operational records of the weatherships CCGS QUADRA and CCGS Vancouver which operated out of Victoria, B.C. until 1981.