Canada CHS update

November 2019

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60 nautical raster charts have been updated (November 29th, 2019) :

  • 1221 POINTE DE MOISIE À/TO ÎLE DU GRAND CAOUI
  • 1310 PORT DE MONTRÉAL
  • 1429 CANAL DE LA RIVE SUD
  • 1514A CARILLON À / TO L'ORIGNAL
  • 2050 OSHAWA HARBOUR
  • 2200 LAKE HURON/LAC HURON
  • 3053A SHUSWAP LAKE CHASE TO/À ANGLEMONT
  • 3479 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À SIDNEY
  • 3549 QUEEN CHARLOTTE STRAIT - WESTERN PORTION/PARTIE OUEST
  • 3671 BARKLEY SOUND
  • 3673 CLAYOQUOT SOUND - TOFINO INLET TO/À MILLAR CHANNEL
  • 3674 CLAYOQUOT SOUND - MILLAR CHANNEL TO / À ESTEVAN POINT
  • 3675 NOOTKA SOUND
  • 3676 ESPERANZA INLET
  • 3808 JUAN PEREZ SOUND
  • 3825 CAPE ST JAMES TO/À HOUSTON STEWART CHANNEL
  • 3855 HOUSTON STEWART CHANNEL
  • 3857 LOUSCOONE INLET
  • 3936 FITZ HUGH SOUND TO/À LAMA PASSAGE
  • 3937 QUEENS SOUND
  • 3938 QUEENS SOUND TO/À SEAFORTH CHANNEL
  • 3939 FISHER CHANNEL TO / À SEAFORTH CHANNEL AND / ET DEAN CHANNEL
  • 3940 SPILLER CHANNEL AND/ET ROSCOE INLET
  • 3941 CHANNELS/CHENAUX VICINITY OF / PROXIMITÉ DE MILBANKE SOUND
  • 3943 FINLAYSON CHANNEL AND/ET TOLMIE CHANNEL
  • 3974 DEAN CHANNEL
  • 4001 GULF OF MAINE TO STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE / AU DÉTROIT DE BELLE ISLE
  • 4012 YARMOUTH TO / À HALIFAX
  • 4013 HALIFAX TO / À SYDNEY
  • 4016 SAINT-PIERRE TO / À ST JOHN'S
  • 4023 NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT / DÉTROIT DE NORTHUMBERLAND
  • 4024 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY AUX / TO ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4047 SAINT PIERRE BANK / BANC TO / AU WHALE BANK / BANC DE LA BALEINE
  • 4049 GRAND BANK NORTHERN PORTION/GRAND BANC PARTIE NORD TO/À FLEMISH PASS
  • 4116 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À SAINT JOHN
  • 4141A SAINT JOHN TO / À GRAND BAY INCLUDING / Y COMPRIS KENNEBECASIS RIVER
  • 4141B GRAND BAY TO / À EVANDALE INCLUDING / Y COMPRIS BELLEISLE BAY
  • 4227 COUNTRY HARBOUR TO / AU SHIP HARBOUR
  • 4233 CAPE CANSO TO/À COUNTRY ISLAND
  • 4236 (ver1.1)TAYLORS HEAD TO / À SHUT-IN ISLAND
  • 4266 SYDNEY HARBOUR
  • 4320 EGG ISLAND TO / À WEST IRONBOUND ISLAND
  • 4321 CAPE CANSO TO / À LISCOMB ISLAND
  • 4406 TRYON SHOALS TO / À CAPE EGMONT
  • 4432 ARCHIPEL DE MINGAN
  • 4448 PORT HOOD AND/ET MABOU HARBOUR
  • 4462 ST GEORGE'S BAY
  • 4615 HARBOURS IN PLACENTIA BAY / HAVRES DANS PLACENTIA BAY: PETIT FORTE TO / À BROAD COVE HEAD
  • 4622 CAPE ST MARY'S TO / À ARGENTIA HARBOUR AND / ET JUDE ISLAND
  • 4624 LONG ISLAND TO / À ST. LAWRENCE HARBOURS
  • 4625 BURIN PENINSULA TO / À SAINT-PIERRE
  • 4652 HUMBER ARM: MEADOWS TO / À HUMBER RIVER
  • 4825 BURGEO AND/ET RAMEA ISLANDS
  • 4826 BURGEO TO / À FRANÇOIS
  • 4832 FORTUNE BAY: SOUTHERN PORTION / PARTIE SUD
  • 4905 CAPE TORMENTINE À / TO WEST POINT
  • 4911 ENTRÉE À / ENTRANCE TO MIRAMICHI RIVER
  • 4938 PICTOU HARBOUR AND EAST RIVER OF PICTOU
  • 4970 BAIE DE BONNE-ESPÉRANCE À / TO ÎLE MISTANOQUE
  • 7739 JAMES ROSS STRAIT
2  charts references change :
  • 1509 Rivière des Prairies    replacing 1509A & 1509B
  • 3533 Plans - Strait of Georgia    replacing 3536

So 817 charts (1749 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