CCGS Alexander Henry is a former Canadian Coast Guard

Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard is the coast guard of Canada. It is a federal agency responsible for providing maritime search and rescue , aids to navigation, marine pollution response, marine radio, and icebreaking...

 Light icebreaker

Icebreaker

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 and Buoy tender

Buoy tender

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 in the Great Lakes

Great Lakes

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She is currently a museum ship

Museum ship

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 preserved at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston

Kingston, Ontario

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, Ontario

Ontario

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. During the summer months it is also operated as a bed and breakfast

Bed and breakfast

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Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur

Port Arthur, Ontario

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, she was commissioned into the Department of Transport's Marine Service as CGS Alexander Henry using the prefix "Canadian Government Ship". She was transferred in 1962 to the newly-created Canadian Coast Guard

Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard is the coast guard of Canada. It is a federal agency responsible for providing maritime search and rescue , aids to navigation, marine pollution response, marine radio, and icebreaking...

 and is named after Alexander Henry, an 18th century British explorer and fur trapper.

CCGS Alexander Henry served her entire coast guard career on the Great Lakes

Great Lakes

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. She was launched in 1958, commissioned in 1959, and retired from service in 1984 after CCGS Samuel Risley

CCGS Samuel Risley

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entered service.

The Alexander Henry is scheduled to enter Kingston's historic drydocks in 2010.