Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (RCSCC) St Lawrence was founded November 1942. The corps shared accommodations with HMCS Cataraqui, the Naval Reserve Division, at the Montreal Street Armouries and Artillery Park, located at 100 Montreal Street.
RCSS St Lawrence followed HMCS Cataraqui to its current location, at 24 Navy Way, Kingston when the new Reserve facilities were completed.
The Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site is the first national historic site to be co-managed by Inuit and Parks Canada. Inuit and Parks Canada are working together to jointly manage this fascinating National Historic Site. Public access to the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site is not yet allowed
In September 2014, an expedition led by Parks Canada discovered the wreck of HMS Erebus in an area that had been identified by Inuit.
On 12 September 2016, the Arctic Research Foundation announced that the wreck of Terror had been found in Nunavut's Terror Bay, off the southwest coast of King William Island Historical research, Inuit knowledge and the support of many partners made these discoveries possible. The wreck was discovered 92 km (57 mi) south of the location where the ship was reported abandoned, and some 50 km (31 mi) from the wreck of HMS Erebus, discovered in 2014.
In 1952, the Brigantines St. Lawrence II, Pathfinder and Playfair we born.
Francis MacLachlan was the first captain of the St Lawrence II, a post he held until 1967. He wanted to call her the St Lawrence after the RCSC St Lawrence cadet corps that would sail in her. It would also honour the original HMS St Lawrence, a three-deck ship of war built in the royal naval dockyards in Kingston in 1814. But that name had already been taken by a big passenger steamer still plying the waters from Montreal to Quebec City. So she would have to be the St Lawrence II.
Gordon Workman, the Commanding Officer of the sea cadets at the time enticed Francis back into the Sea Cadet corps where they both soon realized that marching on the parade square had to be supplanted with realistic training opportunities on the water.
The impetus behind the vessel was always the cadet corps, MacLachlan said. “While sitting around the wardroom of HMCS Cataraqui in Kingston we heard of a little cargo schooner, cheap that was available in New Brunswick. This got me started thinking about designing our own training ship. “
“The important group in this thing was the sea cadets. Here you had 100-odd boys interested in the navy, wearing sailor suits twice a week. Without the sea cadet corps, we wouldn’t have even followed this.”