'' Simon Fraser '' was initially assigned to duties in the Western Region , working in the Pacific Ocean . In 1986 , the vessel was converted for search and rescue duties and transferred to the Laurentian Region in Eastern Canada . Towards the end of her career , '' Simon Fraser '' returned to buoy tending duties in the Maritimes Region , based at Dartmouth , Nova Scotia . She played a role in searching for wreckage that could show the cause of the crash of Swissair Flight 111 . In May 2000 '' Simon Fraser '' was loaned to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) support group . Travelling from Halifax , Nova Scotia to Vancouver , the vessel transited the Panama Canal . From there , the Coast Guard ship escorted the on a transit of the Northwest Passage , which was recreating the historic 1940 – 1942 transit of . In doing so , '' Simon Fraser '' circumnavigated North America . This was '' Simon Fraser '' s last voyage prior to her decommissioning
Swissair Flight 111
Swissair Flight 111
CCGS Simon Fraser