Hello, This morning the "Mass Moments" daily e-mail is about the "Blizzard of 1888" which affected 2/3 of the East Coast of North America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1888 The story is about the "Storm Warriors" who rescued sailors during that bad storm. That was the first group - which evolved into the "U.S. Coast Guard." http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=339 Can anyone provide the history of the "Coast Guard" in Canada? Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) FYI: Researchers should remember how many people were either conceived, or born, during great blizzards ! The above blizzard was sometimes called, "The Great White Hurricane." My grandfather was born 3 months after that Blizzard just outside of Boston, so, his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth (HANNAH) KERR, was pregnant during that Blizzard. And my grandmother was born almost a year later. I believe she was conceived during the "summer of 1888." She was the one who was reportedly a "foundling" in Boston. Her reported birth-date was Feb. 1, 1889, but she seems to have been "found" at Age 3 months on the steps of a church. Her Adoptive parents told her many "lies" when she lived with them from Ages 2 to 10, so we don't know what the truth is. (long, complicated story I've told on the Lists over the years) We may have arrived on different ships but we're all in the same boat now. :o) (possibly first said by Martin Luther King, Jr.)