Esquimalt Graving Dock
| Public Services and Procurement Canada | backgrounders
The Esquimalt Graving Dock is the only “open access” multi-user facility on the west coast of the Americas, and is located at the south end of Vancouver Island at Esquimalt Harbour, in the Greater Victoria region. The term “open access” describes a facility that provides common services (on a fee-for-service basis) and multi-user access to dry dock infrastructure for a variety of private sector companies. It is directly accessible from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which is the shipping channel to southern British Columbia and Puget Sound in the United States.