Canada CHS update

September 2020

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36 nautical raster charts have been updated (September 25th, 2020) :

  • 1553B ÎLE D'ARCY À/TO BALMER BAY [ÎLE MARCOTTE À/TO RAPIDES-DES-JOACHIMS]
  • 2307 COPPERMINE POINT / À CAPE GARGANTUA
  • 3412 VICTORIA HARBOUR
  • 3440 RACE ROCKS TO/À D'ARCY ISLAND
  • 3461 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - EASTERN PORTION/PARTIE EST
  • 3462 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT TO/À STRAIT OF GEORGIA
  • 3800 DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 3825 CAPE ST JAMES TO/À HOUSTON STEWART CHANNEL
  • 3892 MASSET HARBOUR AND/ET NADEN HARBOUR
  • 3893 MASSET INLET
  • 3895 PLANS - DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 3908 KITIMAT HARBOUR
  • 3910 PLANS - MILBANKE SOUND AND / ET BEAUCHEMIN CHANNEL
  • 4016 SAINT-PIERRE TO / À ST JOHN'S
  • 4020 STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE / DÉTROIT DE BELLE ISLE
  • 4025 CAP WHITTLE À/TO HAVRE SAINT-PIERRE ET/AND ÎLE D'ANTICOSTI
  • 4141B GRAND BAY TO / À EVANDALE INCLUDING / Y COMPRIS BELLEISLE BAY
  • 4209 LOCKEPORT HARBOUR AND / ET SHELBURNE HARBOUR
  • 4381 MAHONE BAY
  • 4428 HAVRE DE NATASHQUAN ET LES APPROCHES / AND APPROACHES
  • 4454 POINTE CURLEW À/TO BAIE WASHTAWOUKA
  • 4507 PLANS: NORTHEAST COAST / CÔTE NORD-EST / NEWFOUNDLAND / TERRE-NEUVE
  • 4512 QUIRPON HARBOUR AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4514 ST. ANTHONY BIGHT AND HARBOUR
  • 4515 HARE BAY
  • 4516 GRANDOIS HARBOUR AND / ET ST JULIEN HARBOUR
  • 4519 MAIDEN ARM
  • 4530 HAMILTON SOUND: EASTERN PORTION / PARTIE-EST
  • 4820 CAPE FREELS TO/À EXPLOITS ISLANDS
  • 4831 FORTUNE BAY: NORTHERN PORTION / PARTIE NORD
  • 4862 CARMANVILLE TO / À BACALHAO ISLAND AND / ET FOGO
  • 4863 BACALHAO ISLAND TO / À BLACK ISLAND
  • 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
  • 7779 DEASE STRAIT

So 813 charts (1750 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