HALIFAX - The 窪蹋勛圖厙 Coast Guard has named its two new patrol vessels after northern glaciers.
During a keel-laying ceremony at the Irving Shipyard in Halifax today, the coast guard announced the first of the two vessels is called CCGS Donjek Glacier, after a glacier in Kluane 窪蹋勛圖厙 Park in Yukon.
A ceremony was also held to note the construction start of the second coast guard ship, which was officially named CCGS Sermilik Glacier honouring a glacier located in Nunavut.
The Donjek Glacier's name is from a Southern Tutchone word meaning white or silver berries," while Sermilik is an Inuit word meaning place of glaciers.
The coast guard's 103-metre-long ships will be tasked with fisheries enforcement and surveillance missions on the East Coast, while also supporting offshore search and rescue, and icebreaking operations in Arctic and southern waters.
In May 2019, Ottawa announced Irving Shipbuilding Inc. would build two Arctic and offshore patrol ships for the coast guard, in addition to the six being built for the Royal 窪蹋勛圖厙 Navy.
This report by 窪蹋勛圖厙 was first published July 31, 2024.
