Canada CHS update

September 2021

Peio

1 new chart (4940) and 2 charts withdrawn :

  • 4445 MERIGOMISH HARBOUR
  • 4483 CARIBOU HARBOUR

39 nautical raster charts have been updated (27-09-2021) :

  • 1312 LAC SAINT-PIERRE
  • 1313 BATISCAN AU/TO LAC SAINT-PIERRE
  • 1438 Grindstone Island to/à Carelton Island
  • 1510 LAC DES DEUX MONTAGNES
  • 1514A CARILLON À / TO L'ORIGNAL
  • 2085 TORONTO HARBOUR
  • 2242 GIANTS TOMB ISLAND TO/À FRANKLIN ISLAND
  • 2243 BATEAU ISLAND TO/À BYNG INLET
  • 2244 ALEXANDER PASSAGE TO/À BEAVERSTONE BAY
  • 2261 BAYFIELD TO/À DOUGLAS POINT [BAYFIELD TO A DOUGLAS POINT]
  • 2282 OWEN SOUND TO/A CABOT HEAD
  • 2291 POINT CLARK TO/À SOUTHAMPTON
  • 2293 BYNG INLET AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 3442 NORTH PENDER ISLAND TO/À THETIS ISLAND
  • 3443 THETIS ISLAND TO/À NANAIMO
  • 3490 FRASER RIVER/FLEUVE FRASER - SAND HEADS TO/À DOUGLAS ISLAND
  • 3491 FRASER RIVER/FLEUVE FRASER - NORTH ARM
  • 3668 ALBERNI INLET
  • 3670 BROKEN GROUP
  • 3671 BARKLEY SOUND
  • 4001 GULF OF MAINE TO STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE / AU DÉTROIT DE BELLE ISLE
  • 4003 CAPE BRETON TO / À CAPE COD
  • 4016 SAINT-PIERRE TO / À ST JOHN'S
  • 4047 SAINT PIERRE BANK / BANC TO / AU WHALE BANK / BANC DE LA BALEINE
  • 4099 SABLE ISLAND / ÎLE DE SABLE: WESTERN PORTION / PARTIE OUEST
  • 4448 PORT HOOD AND/ET MABOU HARBOUR
  • 4462 ST GEORGE'S BAY
  • 4512 QUIRPON HARBOUR AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4530 HAMILTON SOUND: EASTERN PORTION / PARTIE-EST
  • 4587 MORTIER BAY
  • 4591 PILLEY'S ISLAND HARBOUR - HALLS BAY AND / ET SUNDAY COVE
  • 4593 SUNDAY COVE ISLAND TO / À THIMBLE TICKLES
  • 4616 BURIN INLET AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4624 LONG ISLAND TO / À ST. LAWRENCE HARBOURS
  • 4663 COW HEAD TO / À POINTE RICHE
  • 4667 SAVAGE COVE TO / À ST BARBE BAY
  • 4679 HAWKES BAY
  • 4701 SHIP HARBOUR HEAD TO / AUX CAMP ISLANDS
  • 4820 CAPE FREELS TO/À EXPLOITS ISLANDS
  • 4821 WHITE BAY AND / ET NOTRE DAME BAY
  • 4822 CAPE ST JOHN TO / À ST ANTHONY
  • 4831 FORTUNE BAY: NORTHERN PORTION / PARTIE NORD
  • 4839 (version1.1) HEAD OF / FOND DE PLACENTIA BAY
  • 4843 HEAD OF / FOND DE ST MARY'S BAY
  • 4850 CAPE ST FRANCIS TO / À BACCALIEU ISLAND AND / ET HEART'S CONTENT
  • 4885 PORT HARMON AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4940 NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT CENTRAL PORTION-PORTS    new chart
  • 5032 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À WHITE BEAR ARM

So 808 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