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government wharf
DCHP-2 (May 2012)
n.
a public wharf.
Type: 2. Preservation — Government wharf is a wharf built by the government for general use. While previously widespread in many countries, the term has been preserved in New Zealand English and in Canadian English (see Chart 1). In the North American context, Canadian English uses the term in a generic manner, 'any government wharf', whereas in the US the term generally refers to specific places, such as the Government Wharf in Kennebunkport, Maine.
See also COD-2, which uses the label "Cdn".
Quotations
1829
At 11.30 Anchored off the Government Wharf Quebec & Landed the Instruments & Papers & deposited them in the office.
1913
Much interest was aroused by the visit of the steamer Thomas Crosby, which lay aside the government wharf for several days last week.
1959
He asked the board to support a move towards obtaining part of the present shed on the government wharf as a storage place for fishing gear of local fishermen.
1985
Ironically, the only new structure is usually a small government wharf built in recent years as grudging acknowledgement of the continued usefulness of the bay's resettled out-harbours.
1995
There used to be a beach that ran the length of the Sept-Iles waterfront, from the Iron Ore Co. docks at one end of the city to the old government wharf at the other.
1998
On the government wharf, hundreds of people gathered to wait for news, and the subject of quiet conversation turned to stories about past accidents at sea.
2004
The dispute has been simmering for several years, but it boiled over last year when Island protesters tried to prevent the New Brunswick vessels from unloading their catches at the government wharf in Souris.
2006
Vargas Island, a two-nautical-mile paddle northwest from the government wharf in Tofino, is home to a provincial park and the Vargas Island Inn, the kind of place you want to simultaneously tell everyone and no one about.
References
- COD-2
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