Canada CHS update

March 2020

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57 nautical raster charts have been updated (March 29th, 2020) :

  • 1234 CAP DE LA TÊTE AU CHIEN AU/TO CAP AUX OIES
  • 1236 POINTES DES MONTS AUX/TO ESCOUMINS
  • 1429 CANAL DE LA RIVE SUD
  • 1430 LAC SAINT-LOUIS
  • 2274 CAPE HURD TO/À TOBERMORY AND/ET COVE ISLAND
  • 3440 RACE ROCKS TO/À D'ARCY ISLAND
  • 3443 THETIS ISLAND TO/À NANAIMO
  • 3447 NANAIMO HARBOUR AND/ET DEPARTURE BAY
  • 3456 HALIBUT BANK TO/À BALLENAS CHANNEL
  • 3458 APPROACHES TO/APPROCHES À NANAIMO HARBOUR
  • 3461 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - EASTERN PORTION/PARTIE EST
  • 3475 PLANS - STUART CHANNEL
  • 3513 STRAIT OF GEORGIA - NORTHERN PORTION/PARTIE NORD
  • 3526 HOWE SOUND
  • 3527 BAYNES SOUND
  • 3534 PLANS HOWE SOUND
  • 3538 DESOLATION SOUND AND/ET SUTIL CHANNEL
  • 3547 QUEEN CHARLOTTE STRAIT - EASTERN PORTION/PARTIE EST
  • 3673 CLAYOQUOT SOUND - TOFINO INLET TO/À MILLAR CHANNEL
  • 3800 DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 3908 KITIMAT HARBOUR
  • 3955 PLANS PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
  • 3956 MALACCA PASSAGE TO/À BELL PASSAGE
  • 3957 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
  • 3958 PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
  • 4002 GOLFE DU SAINT-LAURENT / GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
  • 4003 CAPE BRETON TO / À CAPE COD
  • 4011 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À BAY OF FUNDY / BAIE DE FUNDY
  • 4012 YARMOUTH TO / À HALIFAX
  • 4021 POINTE AMOUR À / TO CAPE WHITTLE ET / AND CAPE GEORGE
  • 4024 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY AUX / TO ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4026 HAVRE-SAINT-PIERRE ET/AND CAP DES ROSIERS À/TO POINTE DES MONTS
  • 4115 PASSAMAQUODDY BAY AND / ET ST CROIX RIVER
  • 4124 (ver1.1)HARBOURS IN THE BAY OF FUNDY / PORTS DANS LA BAIE DE FUNDY
  • 4141A SAINT JOHN TO / À GRAND BAY INCLUDING / Y COMPRIS KENNEBECASIS RIVER
  • 4236 TAYLORS HEAD TO / À SHUT-IN ISLAND
  • 4320 EGG ISLAND TO / À WEST IRONBOUND ISLAND
  • 4381 MAHONE BAY
  • 4384 PEARL ISLAND TO / À CAPE LA HAVE
  • 4386 ST MARGARET'S BAY
  • 4394 LAHAVE RIVER: WEST IRONBOUND ISLAND TO / À RIVERPORT
  • 4405 PICTOU ISLAND TO / AUX TRYON SHOALS
  • 4406 TRYON SHOALS TO / À CAPE EGMONT
  • 4425 HARBOURS ON THE NORTH SHORE / HAVRES SUR LA CÔTE NORD
  • 4430 PLANS - ÎLE D'ANTICOSTI
  • 4485 CAP DES ROSIERS À/TO CHANDLER
  • 4625 BURIN PENINSULA TO / À SAINT-PIERRE
  • 4663 COW HEAD TO / À POINTE RICHE
  • 4679 HAWKES BAY
  • 4822 CAPE ST JOHN TO / À ST ANTHONY
  • 4841 CAPE ST MARY'S TO/À ARGENTIA
  • 4921 PLANS BAIE DES CHALEURS/CHALEUR BAY - CÔTE NORD/NORTH SHORE
  • 4950 ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4954 CHENAL DU HAVRE DE LA GRANDE ENTRÉE
  • 5031 ST LEWIS SOUND AND / ET INLET
  • 5163 TICOROLAK HEAD TO / À GREEN ISLAND
  • 7778 CORONATION GULF EASTERN PORTION/PARTIE EST

So 819 charts (1755 including sub-charts) are available in the Canada CHS layer. (see coverage)

Note : CHS has some charts only available in paper but unavailable in digital form, especially in the Arctic part : this concerns a number of old charts in which the horizontal datum is either unknown or is so poorly positioned that these charts are unusable with modern precise positioning technology. A mere one per cent of the Canadian Arctic is charted to 'modern standards.

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