Canada CHS update

February 2021

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45 nautical raster charts have been updated & 1 new chart withdrawn 4473 ÎLE DE LA GRANDE PASSE AUX/TO ÎLES BUN (February 26th, 2021) :

  • 1236 POINTES DES MONTS AUX/TO ESCOUMINS
  • 1310 PORT DE MONTRÉAL
  • 1311 SOREL-TRACY À / TO VARENNES
  • 1312 LAC SAINT-PIERRE
  • 1313 BATISCAN AU/TO LAC SAINT-PIERRE
  • 1317 SAULT-AU-COCHON À/TO QUÉBEC
  • 1350A SOREL-TRACY À/TO RUISSEAU LAHAISE
  • 2023B Lakefield to/à Buckhorn [Peterborough to/à Buckhorn including/y compris Stony Lake ]
  • 2048 PORT CREDIT
  • 3000 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT TO/A DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 3002 QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND TO/À DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 3442 NORTH PENDER ISLAND TO/À THETIS ISLAND
  • 3443 THETIS ISLAND TO/À NANAIMO
  • 3478 PLANS SALTSPRING ISLAND
  • 3513 STRAIT OF GEORGIA - NORTHERN PORTION/PARTIE NORD
  • 3538 DESOLATION SOUND AND/ET SUTIL CHANNEL
  • 3539 DISCOVERY PASSAGE
  • 3671 BARKLEY SOUND
  • 3795 LANGLEY PASSAGE
  • 3811 HARBOURS IN QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS / HAVRES DANS ÎLES DE LA REINE-CHARLOTTE
  • 3978 BONILLA ISLAND TO / À EDYE PASSAGE
  • 4010 BAY OF FUNDY / BAIE DE FUNDY INNER PORTION / PARTIE INTÉRIEURE
  • 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
  • 4023 NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT / DÉTROIT DE NORTHUMBERLAND
  • 4118 ST. MARYS BAY
  • 4233 CAPE CANSO TO/À COUNTRY ISLAND
  • 4266 SYDNEY HARBOUR
  • 4281 Canso Harbour and Approaches
  • 4301 CANSO HARBOUR TO / AU STRAIT OF CANSO
  • 4328 LUNENBURG BAY
  • 4335 STRAIT OF CANSO AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4367 FLINT ISLAND TO / À CAPE SMOKEY
  • 4375 GUYON ISLAND TO / À FLINT ISLAND
  • 4379 LIVERPOOL HARBOUR
  • 4381 MAHONE BAY
  • 4384 PEARL ISLAND TO / À CAPE LA HAVE
  • 4426 RIVIÈRE RISTIGOUCHE / RESTIGOUCHE RIVER
  • 4432 ARCHIPEL DE MINGAN
  • 4617 RED ISLAND TO / À PINCHGUT POINT
  • 4905 CAPE TORMENTINE À / TO WEST POINT
  • 4970 BAIE DE BONNE-ESPÉRANCE À / TO ÎLE MISTANOQUE
  • 5032 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À WHITE BEAR ARM
  • 5510 PUVIRNITUQ ET LES APPROCHES/AND APPROCHES

So 813 charts (1753 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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This essential publication provides the latest information on changes to the aids to navigation system, as well as updates from CHS regarding CHS charts and publications.
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