Canada CHS update

December 2021

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2 new charts added & 5 new insets added (1236 POINTES DES MONTS AUX/TO ESCOUMINS) and 12 charts withdrawn (3050C/3050D/3050E/3050F/3050G/3050H/3050I/3050J/3050K/3050L/3050M/3050N)

56 nautical raster charts have been updated (29-11-2021) :

  • 1223 CHENAL DU BIC ET LES APPROCHES / AND APPROACHES
  • 1438 Grindstone Island to/à Carelton Island
  • 1439 CARLETON ISLAND TO/AU CHARITY SHOAL
  • 2042 WELLAND CANAL ST.CATHERINES TO/À PORT COLBORNE
  • 2077 LAKE ONTARIO/LAC ONTARIO - WESTERN PORTION/PARTIE OUEST
  • 2086 TORONTO TO/À HAMILTON
  • 2123 PELEE PASSAGE TO/À LA DETROIT RIVER
  • 2181 HARBOURS IN LAKE ERIE
  • 2257 CLAPPERTON ISLAND TO/À JOHN ISLAND
  • 2268 PLANS NORTH CHANNEL
  • 2299 CLAPPERTON ISLAND TO/À MELDRUM BAY
  • 2308 MICHIPICOTEN ISLAND TO / À OISEAU BAY
  • 2309 CAPE GARGANTUA TO/À OTTER HEAD
  • 2310 CARIBOU ISLAND TO/A MICHIPICOTEN ISLAND
  • 2315 QUEBEC HARBOUR
  • 3050A KOOTENAY LAKE AND / ET RIVER - NTM Copy
  • 3050B KOOTENAY LAKE AND RIVER - NTM Copy
  • 3490 FRASER RIVER/FLEUVE FRASER - SAND HEADS TO/À DOUGLAS ISLAND
  • 3491 FRASER RIVER/FLEUVE FRASER - NORTH ARM
  • 3493 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - WESTERN PORTION/PARTIE OUEST
  • 3527 BAYNES SOUND
  • 3539 DISCOVERY PASSAGE
  • 3542 BUTE INLET
  • 3809 CARPENTER BAY TO / À BURNABY ISLAND
  • 3825 CAPE ST JAMES TO/À HOUSTON STEWART CHANNEL
  • 3853 CAPE ST.JAMES TO / À CUMSHEWA INLET AND/ET TASU SOUND
  • 3855 HOUSTON STEWART CHANNEL
  • 4023 NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT / DÉTROIT DE NORTHUMBERLAND
  • 4024 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY AUX / TO ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4201 HALIFAX HARBOUR: BEDFORD BASIN
  • 4202 HALIFAX HARBOUR: POINT PLEASANT TO / À BEDFORD BASIN
  • 4203 HALIFAX HARBOUR: BLACK POINT TO / À POINT PLEASANT
  • 4281 CANSO HARBOUR AND APPROACHES
  • 4403 EAST POINT TO / À CAPE BEAR
  • 4486 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY
  • 4642 GREAT ST. LAWRENCE HARBOUR AND / ET LAMALINE HARBOUR
  • 4644 BAY D'ESPOIR AND / ET HERMITAGE BAY
  • 4667 SAVAGE COVE TO / À ST BARBE BAY
  • 4821 WHITE BAY AND / ET NOTRE DAME BAY
  • 4824 GARIA BAY TO / À BURGEO
  • 4827 HARE BAY TO / À FORTUNE HEAD
  • 4831 FORTUNE BAY: NORTHERN PORTION / PARTIE NORD
  • 4843 HEAD OF / FOND DE ST MARY'S BAY
  • 4851 TRINITY BAY: SOUTHERN PORTION / PARTIE SUD
  • 4881 GREGORY ISLAND TO ROCKY HARBOUR
  • 4905 CAPE TORMENTINE À / TO WEST POINT
  • 4909 DÉTROIT DE NORTHUMBERLAND/NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT PARTIE OUEST/WESTERN PORTION
  • 4913 CARAQUET HARBOUR BAIE DE SHIPPEGAN ET / AND MISCOU HARBOUR
  • 4920 PLANS: BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY: CÔTE SUD / SOUTH SHORE
  • 4935 MURRAY HARBOUR TO/À BOUGHTON BAY
  • 5031 ST LEWIS SOUND AND / ET INLET
  • 7121 CAPE MILLS TO/À CAPE RAMMELSBERG
  • 7122 CULBERTSON ISLAND TO/À KOOJESSE INLET
  • 7126 CULBERTSON ISLAND TO/À FROBISHER'S FARTHEST    new chart
  • 7127 KOOJESSE INLET AND APPROACHES/ET LES APPROCHES
  • 7782 QUEEN MAUD GULF WESTERN PORTION/PARTIE OUEST    new chart

So 800 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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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