Canada CHS update

May 2020

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53 nautical raster charts have been updated (April 30th, 2020) :

  • 1203 TADOUSSAC À/TO CAP ÉTERNITÉ
  • 1221 POINTE DE MOISIE À/TO ÎLE DU GRAND CAOUI
  • 1233 CAP AUX OIES À/TO SAULT-AU-COCHON
  • 1234 CAP DE LA TÊTE AU CHIEN AU/TO CAP AUX OIES
  • 1236 POINTES DES MONTS AUX/TO ESCOUMINS
  • 1312 LAC SAINT-PIERRE
  • 1315 QUÉBEC À/TO DONNACONA
  • 1320 ÎLE DU BIC AU/TO CAP DE LA TÊTE AU CHIEN
  • 2301 PASSAGE ISLAND TO/À THUNDER BAY
  • 2302 ST.IGNACE ISLAND TO/À PASSAGE ISLAND
  • 2303 JACKFISH BAY TO ST. IGNACE ISLAND
  • 2304 OISEAU BAY TO/À JACKFISH BAY
  • 2307 COPPERMINE POINT / À CAPE GARGANTUA
  • 2308 MICHIPICOTEN ISLAND TO / À OISEAU BAY
  • 2309 CAPE GARGANTUA TO/À OTTER HEAD
  • 2312 NIPIGON BAY AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 2313 BLACK BAY
  • 2315 QUEBEC HARBOUR
  • 3441 HARO STRAIT
  • 3462 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT TO/À STRAIT OF GEORGIA
  • 3477 PLANS - GULF ISLANDS
  • 3495 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - EASTERN PORTION/PARTIE EST
  • 3602 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT
  • 3606 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT
  • 3646 PLANS - BARKLEY SOUND
  • 3668 ALBERNI INLET
  • 3671 BARKLEY SOUND
  • 3910 PLANS - MILBANKE SOUND AND/ET BEAUCHEMIN CHANNEL
  • 3912 PLANS
  • 3938 QUEENS SOUND TO/À SEAFORTH CHANNEL
  • 3939 FISHER CHANNEL TO / À SEAFORTH CHANNEL AND / ET DEAN CHANNEL
  • 4002 GOLFE DU SAINT-LAURENT / GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
  • 4013 HALIFAX TO / À SYDNEY
  • 4015 SYDNEY TO / À SAINT-PIERRE
  • 4022 CABOT STRAIT AND APPROACHES / DÉTROIT DE CABOT ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4023 NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT / DÉTROIT DE NORTHUMBERLAND
  • 4024 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY AUX / TO ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4026 HAVRE-SAINT-PIERRE ET/AND CAP DES ROSIERS À/TO POINTE DES MONTS
  • 4099 SABLE ISLAND / ÎLE DE SABLE: WESTERN PORTION / PARTIE OUEST
  • 4202 HALIFAX HARBOUR: POINT PLEASANT TO / À BEDFORD BASIN
  • 4230 LITTLE HOPE ISLAND TO / À CAPE ST MARYS
  • 4243 TUSKET ISLANDS TO / À CAPE ST MARYS
  • 4245 YARMOUTH HARBOUR AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4386 ST MARGARET'S BAY
  • 4405 PICTOU ISLAND TO / AUX TRYON SHOALS
  • 4419 SOURIS HARBOUR AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4466 HILLSBOROUGH BAY
  • 4639 GARIA BAY AND / ET LE MOINE BAY
  • 4823 CAPE RAY TO / À GARIA BAY
  • 4824 GARIA BAY TO / À BURGEO
  • 4858 GREENSPOND HARBOUR TO / À POUND COVE
  • 4885 PORT HARMON AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 6211 BIG TRAVERSE BAY   replacing 6211A & 6211B
  • 6212 KENORA TO/À AULNEAU PENINSULA NORTHERN PORTION/PARTIE NORD   replacing 6212A & 6212B
  • 6214 SABASKONG BAY   replacing 6214A & 6214B
  • 6287 MINAKI TO/À KENORA - 1   replacing 6287A & 6287B

So 810 charts (1746 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