A new Canadian Coast Guard station officially opened in Cobourg on Friday. The facility gives staff safe harbour along Lake Ontario's north shore. Marc Woodhouse gives us a closer look. | Global Peterborough

2.3K views · 114 reactions | Officer Cadets from the Canadian Coast Guard College participated in a simulated rescue on the water. Practical training like this prepares these future marine navigation officers to respond to different scenarios while working at sea. Learn more about the Officer Training Program: https://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/college/officer-training-formation-officier/program-information-programme-eng.html | Canadian Coast Guard | Facebook

1.8K views · 54 reactions | Did you know the Coast Guard once searched for a possible UFO?  In 1967, residents of Shag Harbour in Nova Scotia witnessed a strange lit object flying off the coast before crashing in the ocean. Search and rescue efforts found no trace of the object, and no planes were reported missing. To this day, it remains one of Canada’s most renowned UFO sightings! | Canadian Coast Guard | Facebook

🚢 CCGS Hudson is back! The vessel returns to its home port in 📍 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia today to begin preparations for upcoming science missions. Its first task will be a whale monitoring mission that will help us know more about North Atlantic right whales and the impact shipping noise has on these and other marine mammals. More info: http://ow.ly/kwRY30r7koo | Canadian Coast Guard

5.6K views · 234 reactions | Check out when CCGS Capt Jacques Cartier travelled from Victoria, BC all the way to its homeport in Dartmouth, NS Here’s the ship crossing the Panama Canal, connecting the Pacific & Atlantic oceans. A time-lapse is such a great way to capture big milestones. Home sweet home!  Thank you Tyler Amiro for the footage. | Canadian Coast Guard | Facebook

13K views · 214 reactions | Check out this time lapse as the Canadian Coast Guard ship Pierre Radisson escorts the tanker Traverstern through Frobisher Bay and into Iqaluit. | CBC Nunavut | Facebook