NOTICES TO MARINERS
PUBLICATION
EASTERN EDITION

Colour Web Patches are free to the mariner, and given the quality of many printers, should reproduce well. They will be available in real time all around the world.

CHS welcomes your feedback on this service at chsinfo@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

The cumulative chart corrections published in Notices to Mariners can now be accessed at

https://www.notmar.gc.ca/corrections-en.php

CHART EDITIONS

The three terms described below are used to indicate the publication status of Canadian charts.

NEW CHART - "NEWCHT"

The first publication of a Canadian chart embracing an area not previously charted to the scale shown, or embracing an area different from any existing Canadian chart.

NEW EDITION - "NEWEDT"

A new issue of an existing chart containing amendments essential to navigation in addition to those issued in Notices to Mariners and making existing editions obsolete.

REPRINTS

A new issue of the current edition of a chart incorporating no amendments of navigational significance other than those previously promulgated in Notices to Mariners. It may also contain amendments from other sources provided they are not essential to navigation. Previous printings of the current edition remain in force.

The current chart edition dates can be accessed at www.chs-shc.gc.ca/charts-cartes/paper-papier/index-eng.asp

Background

By providing nautical charts to the public, the goal of the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) is to provide services for safe navigation in a fiscally responsible manner. As a result, CHS continues to expand its portfolio of nautical paper charts that are printed using Print On Demand (POD) technology. These charts are easily recognized by their whiter paper and the coloured logo of the Canadian Hydrographic Service. This new technology enables CHS to print charts in a more efficient manner, while enhancing chart content through being able to quickly add new and important information. POD technology provides customers with up-to-date charts without the historical hand-drawn corrections or glued-on patches. Additionally, this technology eliminates out-of-stock situations which arise with the traditional printing and warehousing methods. In the event of a national emergency, CHS can respond to the appropriate authorities with the best available information very quickly.

Care of Your POD Chart

CHS encourages its customers to handle the POD charts more carefully than the traditional lithographic charts. When plotting information on POD charts, use HB pencils and apply limited pressure. Testing has suggested that an Indian gum eraser is more effective than alternatives when used on the product. This eraser is also suitable for charts printed using lithographic processes.

Mariners are advised that ECDIS may not display some isolated shoal depths when operating in "base or standard display" mode. Route planning and monitoring alarms for these shoal depths may not always be activated. To ensure safe navigation and to confirm that a planned route is clear of such dangers, mariners should visually inspect the planned route and any deviations from it using ECDIS configured to display "all data". The automated voyage planning check function should not be solely relied upon.

Since November 14, 2012, the restricted speed area currently in place as per the St. Clair and Detroit River Navigation Safety Regulations between the Detroit River light and Peche Island light is reduced in size by relocatingthe southern point of the restricted speed area from its current location at the Detroit River light to a new location at Bar Point light D33. (This notice refers to the previous one published in November 2012 with number *1103.)

Mariners should replace the following values for Baie-Trinité, Index no. 2815 published in the 2017 Canadian Tide and Current Tables with the attached table for Baie-Trinité on page 64, Volume 3, 2017 Canadian Tide and Current Tables, St. Lawrence River and Saguenay Fjord.

The Canadian Hydrographic Service of the Quebec Region has recently been informed that there is an error in the 2017 Canadian Tide and Current Tables, Volume 3, St. Lawrence River and Saguenay Fjord, page 64, Index no. 2815 – BAIE-TRINITÉ.

Mariners and users are advised that tidal prediction calculations for the secondary port of Baie-Trinité should be carried out on the reference port of SEPT-ÎLES rather than of Pointe-au-Père. The information and tidal differences for secondary port BAIE-TRINITÉ should be located in the block of stations on SEPT-ÎLES.

The tidal predictions of times and heights of the high and low tides on the website for Baie-Trinité are however correct.

Insert the new part of Table 3 provided in Section 1 of this monthly edition.

https://www.notmar.gc.ca/publications/monthly-mensuel/images/ed052017-part1-tidal-information.pdf

The Canadian Hydrographic Service has been recently informed that there is an error in the following chart catalogue:

Catalogue 2: Pacific Coast/Côte pacifique

Affix patch to Catalogue 2: Pacific Coast/Côte pacifique provided in Section 1 of this monthly edition.

https://www.notmar.gc.ca/publications/monthly-mensuel/images/ed072017-part1-catalogue2-patch.pdf

Reference Chart: 4002

In order to promote navigation safety and protection of the marine environment due to an increased presence of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, all vessels of 65 feet (19.8m) or longer are instructed to proceed at a speed not exceeding 10.0 knots over the ground in the St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence between the following coordinates: 47º 10’ N 062º 00’ W; 47º 10’ N 065º 00’ W; 50º 20’ N 065º 00’ W; 50º 20’ N 062º 00’ W.

Failure to comply with this speed restriction could lead to enforcement action under section 7 of the Collision Regulations.

Report all observations of live, dead or injured whales to the Canadian Coast Guard on VHF ch 16 or by calling the Marine Animal Response Society at 1-866-567-6277 or the Réseau québécois d’urgences pour les mammifères marins at 1-877-722-5346. The reporting of live whale sightings using Whale Alert is encouraged as well (http://www.whalealert.org/).

(NOTSHIP M1717/17, Q1189/17)

The Canadian Hydrographic Service would like to inform you that there is an error in the edition date of some versions of Chart No. 1, 2016. The correct edition date is March 2016. For all other updates to Chart No. 1, please refer to the following web pages:

English - http://www.charts.gc.ca/publications/chart1-carte1/updates-eng.asp

French - http://www.charts.gc.ca/publications/chart1-carte1/updates-fra.asp

This is to notify you that a new Ship Safety Bulletin has recently been posted to the Transport Canada website at www.tc.gc.ca/ssb-bsn/.

To go online to view or download this bulletin, please click on the link below:

SSB#08/2017– Sheltered Waters Voyages

RDIMS#13328500

Sign yourself up for e-Bulletin to receive an e-mail notice each time a new Ship Safety Bulletin is published on our Website.

Contact us at: marinesafety-securitemaritime@tc.gc.ca or 1-855-859-3123 (Toll Free).

The deadline to submit comments concerning changes to aids to navigation, as described in a Preliminary Notice, will now be indicated on all active Preliminary Notices.

Reference Chart: 6249

The following unlit buoys have been repositioned to the following coordinates:

Icelandic River buoy DV23 (LL 9818): 51º 01’ 16.9’’N 096º 54’ 43.3’’W (NAD83)

Icelandic River buoy DV25 (LL 9820): 51º 01’ 21.6’’N 096º 55’ 12.1’’W (NAD83)

Icelandic River buoy DV29 (LL 9822): 51º 01’ 30.9’’N 096º 56’ 09.7’’W (NAD83)

Icelandic River buoy DV33 (LL 9824): 51º 01’ 36.3’’N 096º 56’ 47.5’’W (NAD83)

Icelandic River buoy DV37 (LL 9826): 51º 01’ 42.4’’N 096º 57’ 24.3’’W (NAD83)

Icelandic River buoy DV38 (LL 9827): 51º 01’ 45.2’’N 096º 57’ 35.9’’W (NAD83)

Icelandic River buoy DV39 (LL 9828): 51º 01’ 44.4’’N 096º 57’ 37.0’’W (NAD83)

(A2017-050, 051, 055, 056, 057, 058, 059)

Reference Chart: 4443

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently discontinue the following aids to navigation:

Trenton (East River) range front (LL 910) (45° 37’ 25.7”N 062° 38’ 51.2”W)

Trenton (East River) range rear (LL 911) (119° 43’ 890.9 m from front)

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties by February 24th, 2018, three months following the initial publication date of November 24th, 2017. Comments should be directed to the following:

Superintendent, Renee Pope
Aids to Navigation and Waterways
Canadian Coast Guard
P.O. Box 5667
St. John’s, NL, A1C 5X1
Telephone: (709) 772-2800
Email: renee.pope@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Any objections raised must state the facts on which they are based and should include supporting information on safety, commerce and public benefit.

(G2017-109P, 110P)

Reference Chart: 4443

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently discontinue the following aid to navigation:

East River Spar Buoy SJ48 (LL 5910.7) (45° 36’ 44.0”N 062° 38’ 41.0”W)

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties by February 24th, 2018, three months following the initial publication date of November 24th, 2017. Comments should be directed to the following:

Superintendent, Renee Pope
Aids to Navigation and Waterways
Canadian Coast Guard
P.O. Box 5667
St. John’s, NL, A1C 5X1
Telephone: (709) 772-2800
Email: renee.pope@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Any objections raised must state the facts on which they are based and should include supporting information on safety, commerce and public benefit.

(G2017-111P)

Reference: Notice 1109(P)/15 is cancelled (Chart 4170).

Glace Bay light and bell buoy KV (LL 771) (46° 13’ 28.8”N 059° 55’ 37.8”W): Bell remains. (Chart 4367)

(G2016-027, 035, 078, 079, 080, 132, 133

G2017-022, 103, 104)

Reference: Notice 1114(P)/16 is cancelled (Chart 6249).

(A2017-043, 044, 052)