CCGS Waban-Aki

CCGH "Waban-Aki" was a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft based at CCG Hovercraft Base Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. It was a Type 200 AP1-88 ACV and sister ship to CCGH Sipu Muin. Its name is derived from the First Nations term "Wabanaki".
The hovercraft was sold in 2010 to Hoverwork UK and was replaced by CCGS Mamilossa. It was then sold to commercial interests in Venezuela renamed "Arauca" and operating on the Rio Orinoco as of 2012
The primary missions of "Waban-Aki" was icebreaking and performing search and rescue missions in the Saint Lawrence River and its navigable tributaries. Occasionally the "Waban-Aki" performed navigation aid maintenance. 
See also.
List of other Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft: