Canada CHS update

July 2020

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57 nautical raster charts have been updated (August 5th, 2020)

  • 1350A SOREL-TRACY À/TO RUISSEAU LAHAISE
  • 1350B RUISSEAU LAHAISE À/TO SAINT-ANTOINE-SUR-RICHELIEU
  • 1350C SAINT-ANTOINE-SUR-RICHELIEU À/TO ÎLE AUX CERFS
  • 1350D ÎLE AUX CERFS À/TO OTTERBURN PARK
  • 1431 CANAL DE BEAUHARNOIS
  • 1433 Île St-Régis to/à Croil Islands
  • 1514A CARILLON À / TO L'ORIGNAL
  • 2017 KINGSTON HARBOUR AND APPROACHES/ET LES APPROCHES
  • 2241 PORT SEVERN TO/À CHRISTIAN ISLAND
  • 3000 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT TO/A DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 3002 QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND TO/À DIXON ENTRANCE
  • 3441 HARO STRAIT
  • 3443 THETIS ISLAND TO/À NANAIMO
  • 3447 NANAIMO HARBOUR AND/ET DEPARTURE BAY
  • 3461 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT - EASTERN PORTION/PARTIE EST
  • 3462 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT TO/À STRAIT OF GEORGIA
  • 3463 STRAIT OF GEORGIA - SOUTHERN PORTION/PARTIE SUD
  • 3479 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À SIDNEY
  • 3494 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - CENTRAL PORTION/PARTIE CENTRALE
  • 3495 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - EASTERN PORTION/PARTIE EST
  • 3496 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À VANCOUVER HARBOUR
  • 3526 HOWE SOUND
  • 3679 QUATSINO SOUND
  • 3947 GRENVILLE CHANNEL TO/À CHATHAM SOUND
  • 3958 PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
  • 3964 TUCK INLET
  • 3978 BONILLA ISLAND TO / À EDYE PASSAGE
  • 3986 BROWNING ENTRANCE
  • 3987 KITKATLA CHANNEL AND/ET PORCHER INLET
  • 4012 YARMOUTH TO / À HALIFAX
  • 4013 HALIFAX TO / À SYDNEY
  • 4015 SYDNEY TO / À SAINT-PIERRE
  • 4016 SAINT-PIERRE TO / À ST JOHN'S
  • 4047 SAINT PIERRE BANK / BANC TO / AU WHALE BANK / BANC DE LA BALEINE
  • 4227 COUNTRY HARBOUR TO / AU SHIP HARBOUR
  • 4235 BARREN ISLAND TO / À TAYLORS HEAD
  • 4236 TAYLORS HEAD TO / À SHUT-IN ISLAND
  • 4320 EGG ISLAND TO / À WEST IRONBOUND ISLAND
  • 4384 PEARL ISLAND TO / À CAPE LA HAVE
  • 4395 LAHAVE RIVER: RIVERPORT TO / À CONQUERALL BANK
  • 4404 CAPE GEORGE TO / À PICTOU
  • 4406 TRYON SHOALS TO / À CAPE EGMONT
  • 4445 MERIGOMISH HARBOUR
  • 4491 MALPEQUE BAY
  • 4624 LONG ISLAND TO / À ST. LAWRENCE HARBOURS
  • 4625 BURIN PENINSULA TO / À SAINT-PIERRE
  • 4626 SAINT-PIERRE AND / ET MIQUELON (FRANCE)
  • 4643 ÎLE SAINT-PIERRE (FRANCE)
  • 4821 WHITE BAY AND / ET NOTRE DAME BAY
  • 4827 HARE BAY TO / À FORTUNE HEAD
  • 4831 FORTUNE BAY: NORTHERN PORTION / PARTIE NORD
  • 4862 CARMANVILLE TO / À BACALHAO ISLAND AND / ET FOGO
  • 4885 PORT HARMON AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4913 CARAQUET HARBOUR BAIE DE SHIPPEGAN ET / AND MISCOU HARBOUR
  • 4921 PLANS BAIE DES CHALEURS/CHALEUR BAY - CÔTE NORD/NORTH SHORE
  • 5024 NUNAKSALUK ISLAND TO / À CAPE KIGLAPAIT
  • 5048 CAPE HARRIGAN TO / AUX KIDLIT ISLANDS

So 810 charts (1745 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