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unusual facts about Canadian Coast Guard


Dom Mee

For a further 24 hours he managed to keep the boat afloat, before he was rescued by the Canadian Coast Guard.


CCGS Goéland

CCGS Goéland is one of three training vessels of the Canadian Coast Guard and located at the Canadian Coast Guard College in Westmount, Nova Scotia.

Differential GPS

They started sending out "production quality" DGPS signals on a limited basis in 1996, and rapidly expanded the network to cover most US ports of call, as well as the Saint Lawrence Seaway in partnership with the Canadian Coast Guard.

Martha Black

In 1986 a Canadian Coast Guard high-endurance multi-tasked vessel was given the name "Martha L. Black" in her honour.

Rescue coordination centre

Canada - Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian Forces Search and Rescue (Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy) are partners in Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centres; CCG operates Maritime Rescue Sub-Centres to offload work from JRCC


see also

Malpeque

Malpeque Outer Range Lights, a set of lighthouses operated by the Canadian Coast Guard in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Malpeque Harbour Approach Range Lights, a set of lighthouses operated by the Canadian Coast Guard in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Polar 8 Project

The Arctic Patrol Ship Project is based on a Royal Norwegian Navy patrol boat design used in the Barents Sea with a polar class of PC 5; thus they will be significantly smaller and less capable than what was envisioned in the Polar 8 Project, which would have extended the lacking capabilities of the Canadian Coast Guard's operations in the Arctic Ocean.