Map - "Vancouver Defences Operation Instruction 16" Scale 4 miles to 1 Inch Undated, circa 1944 - 1945. It shows areas covered by each PCMR (Pacific Coast Militia Rangers) Company which were home defence guerrilla Groups in WW II. The Pacific Coast Militia Rangers (PCMR) were formed on 3 March 1942. They were volunteers who patrolled, performed military surveillance and provided local defence of the coastline of British Columbia and in the Yukon against the wartime threat of a possible Japanese invasion. At their height, the PCMR consisted of 15,000 volunteers in 138 companies under three major patrol areas, which were Vancouver Island, the Lower Fraser Valley and the Bridge River area. Some of the principal officers of the PCMR were Lieutenant-Colonel C.W. Peck, VC, Lieutenant-Colonel A.L. Coote and Major H. Ashby. The ujnit was officially disbanded on September 30, 1945.