 In addition to her work with the CHS, CSS "Acadia" participated in military survey assignments for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and United States Navy.By the end of her career, "Acadia" had charted almost every region of Atlantic Canada as well as much of the Eastern Arctic.She was retired from active service on November 28, 1969, and was transferred to the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) for use as a museum ship.