Recherche dans la collection - Registry files of the Canadian Marine Transportation Administration, Canadian Coast Guard, Saint John, N.B. [textual record]

Under the auspices of the Canadian Marine Transportation Administration (CMTA), the Canadian Coast Guard is responsible for aids to navigation, including the inspection and maintenance of public wharves. This responsibility is executed through regional and district offices such as the one in Saint John, N.B.
The records in this accession consist of the Saint John district's central registry files. Included is correspondence between Aids to Navigation Branch officials, district marine agents and local wharfingers concerning wharfage fees and the maintenance or closure of wharves in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Other documents in the files include wharfingers' reports, inspectors' reports, wharfinger commission forms and statements of wharfage fee collections. The bulk of the records date from 1939-1974.