Search and Rescue

SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) in BC, both land and sea, is carried out by a combination of Coast Guard and federal defence department personnel, along with a variety of volunteer agencies and individuals. The GEOGRAPHY of the province—its treacherous COASTLINE, countless inland waterways and almost impenetrable mountain ranges—has made travel a risky business and the history of BC includes a litany of shipwrecks, missing overland travellers and, in more recent decades, air crashes (see also...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

• Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
• Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
• Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.