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It was acquired by Vancouver Tug in 1954. 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 ...
Founded in 1983, [1] the original yard is located on a 7 acres (2.8 ha) marina, and contains 180,000 square feet (17,000 m 2) of climate controlled manufacturing space.. Sister company RECS (Renewable Energy Composite Solutions), occupies 10,000 square feet (930 m 2), manufacturing wind turbine and hydrokinetic composite component fabrica
Halifax Shipyards: 8 December 1995: 21 June 1997: Pacific: HMCS Shawinigan: MM 704 Halifax Shipyards: 26 April 1996 14 June 1997 Atlantic: HMCS Whitehorse: MM 705 Halifax Shipyards: 26 July 1996 17 April 1998 Pacific: HMCS Yellowknife: MM 706 Halifax Shipyards: 7 November 1996 18 April 1998 Pacific: HMCS Goose Bay: MM 707 Halifax Shipyards: 22 ...
Canadian (and other North American Numbering Plan) telephone numbers are usually written as (NPA) NXX-XXXX. For example, 250 555 0199, a fictional number, could be written as (250) 555-0199, 250-555-0199, 250-5550199, or 250/555-0199. The Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between groups; e.g. 250-555-0199. [2]
Allied Shipbuilders grew from the demise of a predecessor company, West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd.The demand for wartime cargo-ship orders provided the incentive for a group of Vancouver businessmen to set up a four-berth shipyard in False Creek, Vancouver, British Columbia, [1] on a site where the J. Coughlan & Sons shipyard had operated during the First World War and where the Athlete's Village ...
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) maintains a number of major bases and operating stations on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as well as in the St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes and major navigable inland waterways such as Lake of the Woods, Lake Winnipeg, and Great Slave Lake/Mackenzie River.
1982 – Panamax class drydock, related cranes, and machine shop are completed in North Vancouver. [7] 1985 – Burrard-Yarrows Corporation becomes Versatile Pacific Shipyards; 1992 – Cancellation of the Polar 8 Project leads to bankruptcy of Versatile Pacific Shipyards. The North Vancouver shipyard is closed and the last employees are laid off.
CCGS Terry Fox is a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker.She was originally built by Burrard-Yarrows Corporation in Canada in 1983 as part of an Arctic drilling system developed by BeauDril, the drilling subsidiary of Gulf Canada Resources.