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Area codes 778, 236, and 672 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Canadian province of British Columbia.They form an overlay complex with area code 604, which serves only a small southwestern section, the Lower Mainland, of the province (including Vancouver), and area code 250, which serves the rest of the province.
Telephone numbers in Canada follow the fixed-length format of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) of a three-digit area code, a three-digit central office code (or exchange code), and a four-digit station or line code.
In 1968 [9] or 1969, [8] both Vancouver Tug and Vancouver Shipyards were acquired by Dillingham Corporation and moved to their present site at the foot of Pemberton Avenue in North Vancouver, where a larger shipyard was established. Since that time the company has constructed, outfitted, or converted 192 tugs, barges and ferries at the shipyard.
Area codes 519, 226, 548, and 382 are overlay telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of southwestern Ontario. Area code 519 was the initial code of the numbering plan area (NPA). It was created in 1953 from the western portion of area code 416 and the southwestern portion of 613.
Area code 604 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The numbering plan area comprises the Metro Vancouver , Sunshine Coast , Howe Sound / Sea to Sky Corridor , Fraser Valley and the lower Fraser Canyon regions.
HMCS Vancouver is a Halifax-class frigate, of the Royal Canadian Navy launched on 8 July 1989, as the second vessel of her class. She is based at CFB Esquimalt on the west coast of Canada, and is the third vessel to be named after Vancouver , British Columbia .
Escort carriers at the Vancouver Shipyard in 1943 The USS Gambier Bay CVE-73, an escort carrier that was made in the Vancouver Shipyard. The Kaiser Company (Vancouver, Washington), commonly known as the Vancouver Shipyard, was an emergency shipyard constructed along the Columbia River in Vancouver, Washington, to help meet the production demands of the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II.
Yard number: 107 [1] Laid down: 15 June 1982 [1] Launched: 23 April 1983 [1] Completed: 16 September 1983 [1] In service: 1983–1991: Fate: First leased and later sold to the Canadian Coast Guard: Canada; Name: CCGS Terry Fox: Owner: BeauDril (Gulf Canada Resources) (1991–1993) Canadian Coast Guard (1993–present) Operator: Canadian Coast ...