Canada CHS update

February 2022

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2 new charts added & 1 inset withdrawn 

50 nautical raster charts have been updated (25-02-2022) :

  • 1236 POINTES DES MONTS AUX/TO ESCOUMINS
  • 1431 CANAL DE BEAUHARNOIS    1 inset withdrawn
  • 2251 MELDRUM BAY TO/À ST. JOSEPH ISLAND
  • 3412 VICTORIA HARBOUR
  • 3494 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - CENTRAL PORTION/PARTIE CENTRALE
  • 3495 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - EASTERN PORTION/PARTIE EST
  • 3538 DESOLATION SOUND AND/ET SUTIL CHANNEL
  • 3539 DISCOVERY PASSAGE
  • 3920 NASS BAY
  • 3946 GRENVILLE CHANNEL
  • 3955 PLANS PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
  • 3956 MALACCA PASSAGE TO/À BELL PASSAGE
  • 3957 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
  • 4010 BAY OF FUNDY / BAIE DE FUNDY INNER PORTION / PARTIE INTÉRIEURE
  • 4012 YARMOUTH TO / À HALIFAX
  • 4015 SYDNEY TO / À SAINT-PIERRE
  • 4017 CAPE RACE TO / À CAPE FREELS
  • 4022 CABOT STRAIT AND APPROACHES / DÉTROIT DE CABOT ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4024 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY AUX / TO ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4302 STRAIT OF CANSO
  • 4320 EGG ISLAND TO / À WEST IRONBOUND ISLAND
  • 4335 STRAIT OF CANSO AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4386 ST MARGARET'S BAY
  • 4394 LAHAVE RIVER: WEST IRONBOUND ISLAND TO / À RIVERPORT
  • 4486 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY
  • 4587 (ver 1.1) MORTIER BAY
  • 4615 HARBOURS IN PLACENTIA BAY / HAVRES DANS PLACENTIA BAY
  • 4624 LONG ISLAND TO / À ST. LAWRENCE HARBOURS
  • 4625 BURIN PENINSULA TO / À SAINT-PIERRE
  • 4639 GARIA BAY AND / ET LE MOINE BAY
  • 4640 ISLE AUX MORTS AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4642 GREAT ST. LAWRENCE HARBOUR AND / ET LAMALINE HARBOUR
  • 4820 CAPE FREELS TO/À EXPLOITS ISLANDS
  • 4821 WHITE BAY AND / ET NOTRE DAME BAY
  • 4823 CAPE RAY TO / À GARIA BAY
  • 4824 GARIA BAY TO / À BURGEO
  • 4825 BURGEO AND/ET RAMEA ISLANDS
  • 4832 FORTUNE BAY: SOUTHERN PORTION / PARTIE SUD
  • 4842 CAPE PINE TO / AU CAPE ST MARY'S
  • 4847 CONCEPTION BAY
  • 4856 BONAVISTA BAY WESTERN PORTION / PARTIE OUEST
  • 4862 CARMANVILLE TO / À BACALHAO ISLAND AND / ET FOGO
  • 4863 BACALHAO ISLAND TO / À BLACK ISLAND
  • 4913 CARAQUET HARBOUR BAIE DE SHIPPEGAN ET / AND MISCOU HARBOUR
  • 5032 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À WHITE BEAR ARM
  • 5046B CAPE MAKKOVIK TO / À WINSOR HARBOUR ISLAND: CONTINUATION A
  • 5047 (ver 1.1)WINSOR HARBOUR ISLAND TO / AUX KIKKERTAKSOAK ISLANDS
  • 5165 EPINETTE POINT TO/À TERRINGTON BASIN
  • 7195 KANGOK FIORD AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES   new chart
  • 7485 PARRY BAY TO / AU NAVY CHANNEL   new chart

So 804 charts (1755 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