Canada CHS update

January 2020

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21 nautical raster charts have been updated (January 25th, 2020) :

  • 1230 PLANS PÉNINSULE DE LA GASPÉSIE
  • 2200 LAKE HURON/LAC HURON
  • 2312 NIPIGON BAY AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 3442 NORTH PENDER ISLAND TO/À THETIS ISLAND
  • 3443 THETIS ISLAND TO/À NANAIMO
  • 3462 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT TO/À STRAIT OF GEORGIA
  • 3463 STRAIT OF GEORGIA - SOUTHERN PORTION/PARTIE SUD
  • 3493 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - WESTERN PORTION/PARTIE OUEST
  • 3512 STRAIT OF GEORGIA - CENTRAL PORTION/PARTIE CENTRALE
  • 3934 APPROACHES TO/APPROCHES À SMITH SOUND AND/ET RIVERS INLET
  • 3941 CHANNELS/CHENAUX VICINITY OF / PROXIMITÉ DE MILBANKE SOUND
  • 4201 HALIFAX HARBOUR: BEDFORD BASIN
  • 4202 HALIFAX HARBOUR: POINT PLEASANT TO / À BEDFORD BASIN
  • 4203 HALIFAX HARBOUR: BLACK POINT TO / À POINT PLEASANT
  • 4237 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES DE HALIFAX HARBOUR
  • 4381 MAHONE BAY
  • 4385 CHEBUCTO HEAD TO / À BETTY ISLAND
  • 4386 ST MARGARET'S BAY
  • 4452 HAVRES ET MOUILLAGES / HARBOUR AND ANCHORAGES
  • 4622 CAPE ST MARY'S TO / À ARGENTIA HARBOUR AND / ET JUDE ISLAND
  • 7568 LANCASTER SOUND AND/ET ADMIRALTY INLET

So 818 charts (1753 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