Canada CHS update

July 2021

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42 nautical raster charts have been updated (27-07-2021)

  • 3001 VANCOUVER ISLAND/ÎLE DE VANCOUVER - JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT TO/À QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND
  • 3057B SHOREHOLME TO/À ARROWHEAD
  • 3493 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - WESTERN PORTION/PARTIE OUEST
  • 3496 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À VANCOUVER HARBOUR
  • 3554 PLANS DESOLATION SOUND
  • 3602 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT
  • 3673 CLAYOQUOT SOUND - TOFINO INLET TO/À MILLAR CHANNEL
  • 3676 ESPERANZA INLET
  • 3800 DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 3854 TASU SOUND TO / À PORT LOUIS
  • 3868 PORT LOUIS TO/À LANGARA ISLAND
  • 3869 SKIDEGATE CHANNEL TO / À TIAN ROCK
  • 3891 SKIDEGATE CHANNEL
  • 3892 MASSET HARBOUR AND/ET NADEN HARBOUR
  • 3895 PLANS - DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 4001 GULF OF MAINE TO STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE / AU DÉTROIT DE BELLE ISLE
  • 4020 STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE / DÉTROIT DE BELLE ISLE
  • 4021 POINTE AMOUR À / TO CAPE WHITTLE ET / AND CAPE GEORGE
  • 4023 NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT / DÉTROIT DE NORTHUMBERLAND
  • 4024 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY AUX / TO ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4025 CAP WHITTLE À/TO HAVRE SAINT-PIERRE ET/AND ÎLE D'ANTICOSTI
  • 4026 HAVRE-SAINT-PIERRE ET/AND CAP DES ROSIERS À/TO POINTE DES MONTS
  • 4142A EVANDALE TO / À RAM ISLAND
  • 4202 HALIFAX HARBOUR: POINT PLEASANT TO / À BEDFORD BASIN
  • 4203 HALIFAX HARBOUR: BLACK POINT TO / À POINT PLEASANT
  • 4236 TAYLORS HEAD TO / À SHUT-IN ISLAND
  • 4237 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES DE HALIFAX HARBOUR
  • 4240 LIVERPOOL HARBOUR TO/À LOCKEPORT HARBOUR
  • 4241 LOCKEPORT TO / À CAPE SABLE
  • 4396 ANNAPOLIS BASIN
  • 4425 HARBOURS ON THE NORTH SHORE / HAVRES SUR LA CÔTE NORD
  • 4426 RIVIÈRE RISTIGOUCHE / RESTIGOUCHE RIVER
  • 4430 PLANS - ÎLE D'ANTICOSTI
  • 4448 PORT HOOD AND/ET MABOU HARBOUR
  • 4462 ST GEORGE'S BAY
  • 4463 CHÉTICAMP TO/À CAPE MABOU
  • 4486 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY
  • 4847 CONCEPTION BAY
  • 4905 CAPE TORMENTINE À / TO WEST POINT
  • 4913 CARAQUET HARBOUR BAIE DE SHIPPEGAN ET / AND MISCOU HARBOUR
  • 4921 PLANS BAIE DES CHALEURS/CHALEUR BAY - CÔTE NORD/NORTH SHORE
  • 4938 PICTOU HARBOUR AND EAST RIVER OF PICTOU

So 809 charts (1742 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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Note : don't forget to visit Notices to Mariners; published monthly and available from the Canadian Coast Guard both online or through a free hardcopy subscription service.
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.
See also written Notices to Shipping and Navarea warnings : NOTSHIP