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Canadian heritage: Bridge of the St. Roch
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For a view of the bell of the St. Roch, click . [quote] Built for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force to serve as a supply ship for isolated, far-flung Arctic RCMP detachments, St. Roch was also designed to serve when frozen in for the winter, as a floating detachment, with its constables mounting dog sled patrols from the ship. Between 1929 and 1939 St. Roch made three voyages to the Arctic. Between 1940 and 1942 St. Roch navigated the Northwest Passage, arriving in Halifax harbor on October 11, 1942. St. Roch was the second ship to make the passage, and the first to travel the passage from west to east. In 1944, St. Roch returned to Vancouver via the more northerly route of the Northwest Passage, making her run in 86 days. The epic voyages of St. Roch demonstrated Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic during the difficult wartime years, and extended Canadian control over its vast northern territories. Retired after returning from the Arctic in 1948, St. Roch was sent to Halifax by way of the Panama Canal in 1950. This voyage made St. Roch the first ship to circumnavigate North America. Returned to Vancouver for preservation as a museum ship in 1954, St. Roch was hauled ashore in 1958. Housed over in 1966 and restored to her 1944 appearance by the Canadian Parks Service, the ship is the centerpiece of the maritime museum complex at Kitsilano Point. [end quote] source: www.hnsa.org/ships/stroch.htm
Canadian images: Bell of the St. Roch
Made by Michiel2005
[quote] Built for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force to serve as a supply ship for isolated, far-flung Arctic RCMP detachments, St. Roch was also designed to serve when frozen in for the winter, as a floating detachment, with its constables mounting dog sled patrols from the ship. Between 1929 and 1939 St. Roch made three voyages to the Arctic. Between 1940 and 1942 St. Roch navigated the Northwest Passage, arriving in Halifax harbor on October 11, 1942. St. Roch was the second ship to make the passage, and the first to travel the passage from west to east. In 1944, St. Roch returned to Vancouver via the more northerly route of the Northwest Passage, making her run in 86 days. The epic voyages of St. Roch demonstrated Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic during the difficult wartime years, and extended Canadian control over its vast northern territories. Retired after returning from the Arctic in 1948, St. Roch was sent to Halifax by way of the Panama Canal in 1950. This voyage made St. Roch the first ship to circumnavigate North America. Returned to Vancouver for preservation as a museum ship in 1954, St. Roch was hauled ashore in 1958. Housed over in 1966 and restored to her 1944 appearance by the Canadian Parks Service, the ship is the centerpiece of the maritime museum complex at Kitsilano Point. [end quote] source: www.hnsa.org/ships/stroch.htm
RCMP Schooner St. Roch Stern
Made by Scottishsamurai_545
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had a schooner launched in 1928 that was used to patrol the arctic waters. In 1940-1942, it became the first vessel to sail through the Northwest Passage in an East to West direction; in 1944, it was the first vessel to make a return trip through the Northwest Passage and complete it in a single season. (It was the second vessel overall to sail the Northwest Passage.) In 1950, it was the first vessel that circumnavigated North America from Halifax to Vancouver via the Panama Canal. The ship was returned to Vancouver (where it was constructed and launched originally) in 1954 for preservation, and declared a Canadian National Historic Site at the Maritime Museum in 1962. I took these photographs of the St. Roch on a C. E. Barry Intermediate School trip to Vancouver in May of 1993. We were going to see an exhibit (and IMAX movied) called Titanica at another centre that evening. I was in Grade 7 at the time. You can read more about the St. Roch here and linking off from here.
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