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The M/V Pretext was the first ship to be purchased by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in Aug 1947 for approximately $75,000. Previous to this, the vessel had been used as a net-laying ship during the Second World War. Renamed the M/V John Biscoe, the ship was used by FIDS as a supply vessel to re-stock bases and exchange personnel. In 1953, the John Biscoe was awarded the status of RRS (Royal Research Ship). On arriving back in Southampton on 12 Jun 1956, she was replaced with a new purpose-built vessel, also named the John Biscoe. To avoid confusion with the new ship, the original Biscoe was renamed Pretext from 24 April 1956.

The oldest yacht club in B.C. Its current location on Cadboro Bay had been the location of the Hudson’s Bay Company cattle wharf.

A public university located on site of Hatley Castle, the estate built west of Esquimalt by James Dunsmuir in the early in 20th century. The property was acquired by the Canadian government in 1940 and became a training establishment to train officers for the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve and subsequently the Royal Canadian Navy College to train officers for the permanent force. After WWII, it initially became a college to give naval and air force officers academic training and subsequently a tri-service college. It ceased being a military college in 1995 and is now a public university.