Canada CHS update

August 2019

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67 nautical raster charts have been updated & 1 new chart added (September 03, 2019)

  • 1230 PLANS PÉNINSULE DE LA GASPÉSIE
  • 1236 POINTES DES MONTS AUX/TO ESCOUMINS
  • 1310 PORT DE MONTRÉAL
  • 1311 SOREL-TRACY À / TO VARENNES
  • 1429 CANAL DE LA RIVE SUD
  • 2086 TORONTO TO/À HAMILTON
  • 3056B GLADSTONE CREEK TO\À BURTON
  • 3057A BURTON TO/À SHOREHOLME
  • 3419 ESQUIMALT HARBOUR
  • 3440 RACE ROCKS TO/À D'ARCY ISLAND
  • 3441 HARO STRAIT
  • 3443 THETIS ISLAND TO/À NANAIMO
  • 3447 NANAIMO HARBOUR AND/ET DEPARTURE BAY
  • 3463 STRAIT OF GEORGIA - SOUTHERN PORTION/PARTIE SUD
  • 3477 PLANS - GULF ISLANDS
  • 3490 FRASER RIVER/FLEUVE FRASER - SAND HEADS TO/À DOUGLAS ISLAND
  • 3491 FRASER RIVER/FLEUVE FRASER - NORTH ARM
  • 3495 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - EASTERN PORTION/PARTIE EST
  • 3513 STRAIT OF GEORGIA - NORTHERN PORTION/PARTIE NORD
  • 3602 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT
  • 3606 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT
  • 3673 CLAYOQUOT SOUND - TOFINO INLET TO/À MILLAR CHANNEL
  • 3675 NOOTKA SOUND
  • 3685 TOFINO
  • 3726 LAREDO SOUND AND APPROACHES
  • 3728 MILBANKE SOUND AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 3744 QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND
  • 3795 LANGLEY PASSAGE
  • 3902 HECATE STRAIT
  • 3908 KITIMAT HARBOUR
  • 3910 PLANS - MILBANKE SOUND AND/ET BEAUCHEMIN CHANNEL
  • 3911 PLANS - VICINITY OF/PROXIMITÉ DE PRINCESS ROYAL ISLAND
  • 3912 PLANS
  • 3920 NASS BAY
  • 3933 PORTLAND CANAL AND / ET OBSERVATORY INLET
  • 3943 FINLAYSON CHANNEL AND/ET TOLMIE CHANNEL
  • 3977 DOUGLAS CHANNEL
  • 3978 BONILLA ISLAND TO / À EDYE PASSAGE
  • 3982 CAAMAÑO SOUND TO / À WHALE CHANNEL
  • 3983 CAAMANO SOUND TO / A PRINCIPE CHANNEL
  • 3984 PRINCIPE CHANNEL SOUTHERN PORTION/PARTIE SUD
  • 3986 BROWNING ENTRANCE
  • 3994 PORTLAND INLET KHUTZEYMATEEN INLET AND PEARSE CANAL
  • 4001 GULF OF MAINE TO STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE / AU DÉTROIT DE BELLE ISLE
  • 4002 GOLFE DU SAINT-LAURENT / GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
  • 4003 CAPE BRETON TO / À CAPE COD
  • 4010 BAY OF FUNDY / BAIE DE FUNDY INNER PORTION / PARTIE INTÉRIEURE
  • 4012 YARMOUTH TO / À HALIFAX
  • 4013 HALIFAX TO / À SYDNEY
  • 4015 SYDNEY TO / À SAINT-PIERRE
  • 4022 CABOT STRAIT AND APPROACHES / DÉTROIT DE CABOT ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4024 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY AUX / TO ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4045 SABLE ISLAND BANK/BANC DE L'ÎLE DE SABLE TO/AU ST. PIERRE BANK/BANC
  • 4201 HALIFAX HARBOUR: BEDFORD BASIN
  • 4236 TAYLORS HEAD TO / À SHUT-IN ISLAND
  • 4302 STRAIT OF CANSO
  • 4320 EGG ISLAND TO / À WEST IRONBOUND ISLAND
  • 4381 MAHONE BAY
  • 4403 EAST POINT TO / À CAPE BEAR
  • 4404 CAPE GEORGE TO / À PICTOU
  • 4483 CARIBOU HARBOUR
  • 4485 CAP DES ROSIERS À/TO CHANDLER
  • 4615 HARBOURS IN PLACENTIA BAY / HAVRES DANS PLACENTIA BAY: PETIT FORTE TO / À BROAD COVE HEAD
  • 4920 PLANS: BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY: CÔTE SUD / SOUTH SHORE
  • 4950 ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 5626 BAKER LAKE   NEW
  • 6248 OBSERVATION POINT TO/À GRINDSTONE POINT
  • 6251 RED RIVER/RIVIÈRE ROUGE TO/À GULL HARBOUR

So 819 charts (1747 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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