Canada CHS update

August 2018

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59 nautical charts have been updated & 4 new chart added  (August 1th, 2018) 

  • 1236 POINTES DES MONTS AUX/TO ESCOUMINS
  • 1512A OTTAWA TO/À LONG ISLAND [OTTAWA TO/À SMITHS FALLS]
  • 2202A PORT SEVERN TO/À TOMAHAWK ISLAND [PORT SEVERN TO/À PARRY SOUND]
  • 2202B TOMAHAWK ISLAND TO/À TWELVE MILE BAY [PORT SEVERN TO/À PARRY SOUND]
  • 2202C TWELVE MILE BAY TO/À ROSE ISLAND [PORT SEVERN TO/À PARRY SOUND]
  • 2202D SOUTH CHANNEL - AMANDA ISLAND TO/À PARRY SOUND [PORT SEVERN TO/À PARRY SOUND]
  • 2202E MOON ISLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS / ET LES RÉGIONS AVOISINANTES [PORT SEVERN TO/À PARRY SOUND]
  • 2223 Port McNicoll And/Et Victoria Harbour
  • 2241 PORT SEVERN TO/À CHRISTIAN ISLAND
  • 3419 ESQUIMALT HARBOUR
  • 3440 RACE ROCKS TO/À D'ARCY ISLAND
  • 3538 DESOLATION SOUND AND/ET SUTIL CHANNEL
  • 3623 KYUQUOT SOUND TO / À CAPE COOK
  • 3646 PLANS - BARKLEY SOUND
  • 3647 PORT SAN JUAN AND/ET NITINAT NARROWS
  • 3671 BARKLEY SOUND
  • 3676 ESPERANZA INLET
  • 3677 KYUQUOT SOUND
  • 3683 CHECLESET BAY
  • 3935 HAKAI PASSAGE AND VICINITY/ET ENVIRONS
  • 4003 CAPE BRETON TO / À CAPE COD
  • 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
  • 4026 HAVRE-SAINT-PIERRE ET/AND CAP DES ROSIERS À/TO POINTE DES MONTS
  • 4116 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À SAINT JOHN
  • 4117 SAINT JOHN HARBOUR AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4142A EVANDALE TO / À RAM ISLAND
  • 4142B RAM ISLAND TO / À ROSS ISLAND
  • 4142C WASHADEMOAK LAKE
  • 4142D GRAND LAKE
  • 4211 CAPE LAHAVE TO / À LIVERPOOL BAY
  • 4240 LIVERPOOL HARBOUR TO/À LOCKEPORT HARBOUR
  • 4302 STRAIT OF CANSO
  • 4307 CANSO HARBOUR TO / AU STRAIT OF CANSO
  • 4335 STRAIT OF CANSO AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4379 LIVERPOOL HARBOUR
  • 4385 CHEBUCTO HEAD TO / À BETTY ISLAND
  • 4404 CAPE GEORGE TO / À PICTOU
  • 4406 TRYON SHOALS TO / À CAPE EGMONT
  • 4429 HAVRE SAINT-PIERRE ET LES APPROCHES / AND APPROACHES
  • 4432 ARCHIPEL DE MINGAN
  • 4443 EAST RIVER OF PICTOU: INDIAN CROSS TO / À TRENTON AND/ET NEW GLASGOW
  • 4459 SUMMERSIDE HARBOUR AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4464 CHÉTICAMP TO / À CAPE ST LAWRENCE
  • 4486 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY
  • 4511 SACRED BAY
  • 4512 QUIRPON HARBOUR AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4641 PORT AUX BASQUES
  • 4728 EPINETTE POINT TO / À TERRINGTON BASIN
  • 4823 CAPE RAY TO / À GARIA BAY
  • 4839 HEAD OF / FOND DE PLACENTIA BAY
  • 4862 CARMANVILLE TO / À BACALHAO ISLAND AND / ET FOGO
  • 4905 CAPE TORMENTINE À / TO WEST POINT
  • 4912 MIRAMICHI
  • 4913 CARAQUET HARBOUR BAIE DE SHIPPEGAN ET / AND MISCOU HARBOUR
  • 4920 PLANS: BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY: CÔTE SUD / SOUTH SHORE
  • 4955 HAVRE-AUX-MAISONS
  • 5621 ROCKHOUSE ISLAND TO CENTRE ISLAND   NEW
  • 5622 CENTRE ISLAND TO FARTHER HOPE POINT   NEW
  • 5624 TERROR POINT TO/À SCHOONER HARBOUR   NEW
  • 7736 SIMPSON STRAIT
  • 7935 CROZIER STRAIT AND/ET PULLEN STRAIT   NEW

So 816 charts (1728 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