The HMCS Chaleur II N.O.I.C. – NAVAL OFFICER IN CHARGE – 1940   HMCS Chaleur II, 1947 Archives – Quebec City The Battle of the St. Lawrence Main base for the Group Chaleur, the offices of HMCS Chaleur II were located at the Port of Quebec on the same site where, in 1995, the Canadian Force Fleet School Quebec and the Naval Museum of Quebec were later built, the latter being dedicated to Lieutenant-Commander Stanislas Déry, RCNVR. Incidentally, at the initiation of the installations at Saint-Jean, Île d'Orléans, Dery said that he was one of the first officers dispatched to the island in order to supervise the maritime surveillance operations.   Secrets of the Airwaves Stanislas Déry Stanislas Déry collection Near the HMCS Chaleur II, with its two floors of dormitories where some 150 sailors hung their hammocks for the night and ate their meals before boarding a motor patrol ship, another building jutted out over the river from Pointe-à-Carcy. Operations relating to river surveillance and the set-up of escorted convoys heading for the Gulf of St. Lawrence were overseen from this building. The convoys positioned themselves between Île Madame and Pointe-au-Père under the watchful eyes of motor patrol ships HMCS Chaleur I, Maxime and Madawaska, later relieved by other Royal Canadian Navy escort ships for the journey to the Atlantic and Europe. Slightly west of these two building, a basin allowed the Chaleur Group's motor patrol ships to draw alongside for the provision of fresh supplies or for the transportation of material to the dock at Saint-Jean, Île d'Orléans. In addition to various logistical activities such as repairing the bow of the Madawaska, smashed in 1941 by a schooner sailing in blackout mode so as not be detected, or chartering her in 1944 to bring American scientists to Grosse-Île, where chemical weapons were under development, the office of the N.O.I.C. Quebec also controlled the ammunition depots at Chemin du Foulon Road and at Fort No. 2 at Lauzon. Certain activities of the Chaleur Group were still classified Top Secret in the year 2000. A : HMCS Chaleur II B : Ancient site of Naval Officer In Charge (N.O.I.C. Quebec) C : Road used by the Groupe Chaleur Aerial view of Louise Basin, 1947 Archives – Ville de Québec     Crew of HMCS Chaleur II Naval Museum of Quebec