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CCGS Labrador, 1954-1964

 Series

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of two folders of station data from 1954 and 1964.

Dates

  • 1954-1964

Access

Open: materials are available for research.

Historical Note

CCGS Labrador was a Wind-class icebreaker. First commissioned on July 8, 1954 as HMCS Labrador (pennant number AW 50) under the auspices of the Royal Canadian Navy, she was transferred to the Department of Transport on November 22, 1957. She was among the DOT fleet assigned to the nascent Canadian Coast Guard when that organization was formed in 1962 and Labrador's illustrious career marked the beginning of the CCG's icebreaker operations which continue to this day. She extensively charted and documented the then-poorly-known Canadian Arctic, and was the first ship to circumnavigate North America in a single voyage. In 1987, the Labrador was decommissioned from service and scrapped and replaced by CCGS Henry Larsen.

[Taken from the entry on the Labrador on Wikipedia.]

Extent

2 folders

Language

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: English

Arrangement

Folders are arranged chronologically.

Repository Details

Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository

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