HMCS Discovery Naval Reserve

[left plaque/plaque de gauche]

HER MAJESTY'S CANADIAN SHIP DISCOVERY
WAS COMMISSIONED ON NOVEMBER 1 1941.
THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN
RECRUITED AND TRAINED AT THESE NAVAL
RESERVE FACILITIES OF DEADMAN'S ISLAND FOR
SERVICE TO CANADA IN PEACE AND WAR.
WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945
KOREAN CONFLICT 1950 - 1953
OPERATION FRICTION 1991.

[right plaque/plaque de droite]

LE NAVIRE CANADIEN DE SA MAJESTE DISCOVERY
A ETE MIS EN SERVICE ACTIF LE 1 NOVEMBRE 1941.
DES MILLIERS D'HOMMES ET DE FEMMES ONT ETE
ENROLES ET ENTRAINES DANS LES INSTAILATIONS
DE LA RESERVE NAVALE DE L'ILE DE DEADMAN
POUR SERVIR LE CANADA EN TEMPS DE GUERRE ET
EN TEMPS DE PAIX.
SECONDE GUERRE 1939-1945
GUERRE DE COREE 1950-1953
OPERATION FRICTION 1991

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H.M.C.S. N.C.S.M.
DISCOVERY
NAVAL RESERVE DIVISION
DIVISION DE LA RÉSERVE NAVALE

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CITY OF VANCOUVER
DEADMAN'S ISLAND
The name of this six acre island comes
from its use as a burial ground by the Salish
Indians. Early settlers used it as a cemetery and
as a quarantine area during the 1893 smallpox
epidemic. In 1944 it became a naval station,
H.M.C.S. Discovery - named after one
of Captain Vancouver's ships.
1886 - 1986