Canada CHS update

March 2019

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61 nautical raster charts have been updated & 1 new charts added (March 29th, 2019)

  • 1202 CAP ÉTERNITÉ À/TO ST-FULGENCE
  • 1236 POINTES DES MONTS AUX/TO ESCOUMINS
  • 1313 BATISCAN AU/TO LAC SAINT-PIERRE
  • 1314 DONNACONA À/TO BATISCAN
  • 1320 ÎLE DU BIC AU/TO CAP DE LA TÊTE AU CHIEN
  • 1432 LAKE ST. FRANCIS
  • 1435 CARDINAL TO/A WHALEBACK SHOAL
  • 1436 WHALEBACK SHOAL TO/AU SUMMERLAND GROUP
  • 1439 CARLETON ISLAND TO/AU CHARITY SHOAL
  • 1550A BRITANNIA BAY À/TO BRECKENRIDGE [BRITANNIA BAY À/TO CHATS FALLS]
  • 1550B BRECKENRIDGE À/TO CHATS FALLS [BRITANNIA BAY À/TO CHATS FALLS]
  • 2000 LAKE ONTARIO/LAC ONTARIO
  • 2064 KINGSTON TO/À FALSE DUCKS ISLANDS
  • 2110 LONG POINT BAY
  • 3001 VANCOUVER ISLAND/ÎLE DE VANCOUVER - JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT TO/À QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND
  • 3447 NANAIMO HARBOUR AND/ET DEPARTURE BAY
  • 3458 APPROACHES TO/APPROCHES À NANAIMO HARBOUR
  • 3463 STRAIT OF GEORGIA - SOUTHERN PORTION/PARTIE SUD
  • 3479 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À SIDNEY
  • 3481 APPROACHES TO/APPROCHES À VANCOUVER HARBOUR
  • 3496 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À VANCOUVER HARBOUR  new chart
  • 3526 HOWE SOUND
  • 3602 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT
  • 3603 UCLUELET INLET TO / À NOOTKA SOUND
  • 3668 ALBERNI INLET
  • 3670 BROKEN GROUP
  • 3671 BARKLEY SOUND
  • 3892 MASSET HARBOUR AND/ET NADEN HARBOUR
  • 3895 PLANS - DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 3994 PORTLAND INLET KHUTZEYMATEEN INLET AND PEARSE CANAL
  • 4016 SAINT-PIERRE TO / À ST JOHN'S
  • 4017 CAPE RACE TO / À CAPE FREELS
  • 4021 POINTE AMOUR À / TO CAPE WHITTLE ET / AND CAPE GEORGE
  • 4022 CABOT STRAIT AND APPROACHES / DÉTROIT DE CABOT ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4047 SAINT PIERRE BANK / BANC TO / AU WHALE BANK / BANC DE LA BALEINE
  • 4202 HALIFAX HARBOUR: POINT PLEASANT TO / À BEDFORD BASIN
  • 4203 HALIFAX HARBOUR: BLACK POINT TO / À POINT PLEASANT
  • 4452 HAVRES ET MOUILLAGES / HARBOUR AND ANCHORAGES
  • 4453 ÎLE À LA BRUME À/TO POINTE CURLEW
  • 4454 POINTE CURLEW À/TO BAIE WASHTAWOUKA
  • 4455 BAIE WASHTAWOUKA À/TO BAIE PIASHTI
  • 4456 BAIE PIASHTI À/TO PETITE ÎLE AU MARTEAU
  • 4459 SUMMERSIDE HARBOUR AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4474 ÎLES BUN À/TO BAIE DES MOUTONS
  • 4483 CARIBOU HARBOUR
  • 4485 CAP DES ROSIERS À/TO CHANDLER
  • 4486 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY
  • 4653 BAY OF ISLANDS
  • 4659 PORT AU PORT
  • 4679 HAWKES BAY
  • 4728 EPINETTE POINT TO / À TERRINGTON BASIN
  • 4817 BAY BULLS TO / À ST MARY'S BAY
  • 4844 CAPE PINE TO / À RENEWS HARBOUR
  • 4846 MOTION BAY TO / À CAPE ST FRANCIS
  • 4863 BACALHAO ISLAND TO / À BLACK ISLAND
  • 4886 TWILLINGATE HARBOUR
  • 4913 CARAQUET HARBOUR BAIE DE SHIPPEGAN ET / AND MISCOU HARBOUR
  • 4921 PLANS BAIE DES CHALEURS/CHALEUR BAY - CÔTE NORD/NORTH SHORE
  • 4950 ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4954 CHENAL DU HAVRE DE LA GRANDE ENTRÉE
  • 4955 HAVRE-AUX-MAISONS
  • 7736 SIMPSON STRAIT

So 818 charts (1738 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.
See also written Notices to Shipping and Navarea warnings : NOTSHIP