Two more Indigenous nations join coast guard auxiliary – Times Colonist
There are now seven First Nations with vessels and training along the B.C. coast.
Two Indigenous communities have joined the Coastal Nations Coast Guard Auxiliary with modern vessels to assist in search-and-rescue operations and maritime response patrols.
The Quatsino First Nation, on the northwest coast of the Island, and Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nations, located in Klemtu in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, launched dedicated response vessels under the Canadian Coast Guard’s Indigenous Community Boat Volunteer Pilot Program.
There are now seven First Nations with vessels and training along the B.C. coast.
The volunteer members of each First Nation work and train with the Canadian Coast Guard, providing marine response within their respective traditional territories.
