Life after the Guard

Retirement can bring major questions regarding what to do after the stage of your working life has ended but, for Coast Guard ships, retirement from government service is often just the beginning of a new, often unusual, phase to a ship's life.

Our work brought us up to Georgian Bay and a stop in Parry Sound. My morning ride around the harbour brought a sighting of a vessel secured at the town dock.

A quick search on the internet brought forth the history of the Still Watch, former Ville Marie (Still Watch, former Ville Marie). 

Appropriate to have the vessel berthed in Georgian Bay having been built in Owen Sound.