NOTICES TO MARINERS
PUBLICATION
EASTERN EDITION

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.

LThe 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 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 Regulation between the Detroit River light and Peche Island light is reduced in size by relocating the 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)

Part I - Page 1 of 10

ADVANCE NOTICES

The Commercial Public Correspondence Service

Effective January 1, 2014, the following changes to the Canadian Coast Guard commercial public correspondence service, provided through select Marine Communications and Traffic Services centres, will be in effect: All long distance ship-shore callswill be administered through the regular telephone service provider as a collect call . Individuals intending to place shore-ship calls will be required to direct-dial the appropriate MCTS centre. MCTS centres providing a commercial public correspondence service are identified in RAMN, Part 2.

The waters in and around the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park are well known for their resident threatened beluga population and the wide diversity of whales that migrate there to feed, particularly between April and November.

REGULATORY PROTECTION MEASURES

All whale species that are found in the St. Lawrence are protected under the Marine Mammal Regulations, pursuant to the Fisheries Act. Within the boundaries of the Marine Park, specific measures are set out in the Marine Activities in the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Regulations, pursuant to the Act Establishing the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park. Any collision with a marine mammal within the Marine Park must immediately be reported to a park warden at 1-866-508-9888. For collisions that occur outside the Marine Park or for any situation involving a marine mammal that is dead or in trouble, contact the emergency network at 1-877-722-5346 or on channel 16. 

For more information on the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, see section 5C of the Annual Edition of the Notices to Mariners - April 2015 to March 2016.

VOLUNTARY PROTECTION MEASURES

Provisional measures in effect from May 1st to October 31st, 2016. See map below.

These measures apply to merchant vessels and cruise ships between Pointe à Boisvert and Cap de la Tête au Chien to prevent collisions with whales. These measures should only be taken when they will not jeopardize navigational safety.

Caution area (yellow area): To reduce the risk of collisions with whales that can be present anywhere in this area, heightened vigilance of navigators is critical. Posting a lookout is recommended in order to increase the chances of seeing the whales and thus taking necessary measures to avoid them. If bypassing the whales is not possible, slow down and wait for the animals to move away to a distance greater than 400 meters (0.215 nautical miles) before resuming original speed. It is more difficult to see the animals at night therefore increased caution is recommended.

Slow down to 10 knots or less area (red area): To reduce the risk of collisions with whales in this feeding area, it is recommended that vessels slow down to a maximum speed through the water of 10 knots and post a lookout. It is further recommended to remain in the Laurentian Channel to the north of Île Rouge to minimize the impact of noise in a sensitive area south of this island, which is highly frequented by herds of beluga whales composed of females and young.

Area to be avoided (hatched red area): To reduce noise and the risk of collisions with whales, vessels should avoid transiting through this area which is highly frequented by blue whales, an endangered species. If the area cannot be avoided, slow down to a speed through the water of 10 knots or less.

The Sailing Directions booklet ATL 121 - Labrador, Hamilton Inlet to Cape Chidley (including Button Islands and Gray Strait), Second Edition, 2016  cancels and replaces Sailing Directions booklet ATL 121 - Labrador, Hamilton Inlet to Cape Chidley (including Button Islands and Gray Strait), First Edition, 2004. This new booklet is now available as a Print-on-Demand (POD) product. POD booklets are corrected through Section 4 of Notices to Mariners up to the date of printing. The price of ATL 121, Second Edition, is $18.95.

This is to notify you that a new Ship Safety Bulletinhas 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: 

Subject: Streamlined Application Process for Candidate Document Number (CDN)

Issue: Bulletin No.: 02/2016 
Date: 2016-04-08 
Link: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/bulletins-2016-02-eng.htm

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

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

This is to notify you that a new Ship Safety Bulletinhas 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: 

Subject: 2016/17 Concentrated Inspection Campaign

Issue: Bulletin No.: 03/2016 
Date: 2016-05-06 
Link: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/bulletins-2016-03-eng.htm

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

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

Reference chart: 1350

The Canadian Coast Guard advises that the following light has been permanently discontinued:

Marina St-Mathias light LL (11104), (45° 31'45.0''N 073° 13' 59''W).

(Q2016-074)

Chart reference: 1514

The following aids have been removed.

Club Nautique Papineauville. Information buoy white and orange 11657 (45°36'41.8''N 75°01'22.3''W)
Club Nautique Papineauville. Information buoy white and orange 11657.5 (45°36'41.3''N 75°01'44.8''W)
Club Nautique Papineauville. Starboard buoy red 11658 (45°36'50''N 75°59'16.9''W)
Club Nautique Papineauville. Port buoy green 11659.5 (45°36'52.3''N 75°59'21.7''W)

(Q2016-067, 068, 072 073)

Chart reference: 1515

The following aids have been newly established.

Pont Clarence Island Est. Fixed private aid 12791 (45°34'40.5''N 75°14'45.7''W) Pont Clarence Island Ouest. Fixed private aid 12792 (45°34'40.4''N 75°14'46''W)

(Q2016-070, 071)

Reference carte: 4210

The Canadian Coast Guard as permanently modified the following aid:
Little Green Island LL # 7323.6 (43° 26′ 6.5′′N 065° 39′ 13.2′′W). Change LL # for 323.6

(F2016-010)

Reference chart: 4233

Reference Notice 112(P)/2016 is now cancelled.

(G2016-040)

Reference Chart: 4653

The following private ODAS buoys have been established:

Smart Buoy # 8, Yellow (49° 07' 57.0"N 058° 15' 45.6"W) Smart Buoy # 9, Yellow (49° 35' 36.0"N 054° 56' 12.0"W)

(N2015-085, 086)

Reference: notice 111(P)/16 LL (227) is cancelled. (Chart 4670)

(N2016-002)

Reference Chart: 2315

The Canadian Coast Guard as temporarily discontinued those aids:
XT1, XT2, XT3, XT4, XT5, XT6, XT7, XT8, XT9, XT10, XT11, XT12.

(AVNAV C1045)

Reference Chart: 4237

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

Pennant Harbour light (LL 501) (44° 28' 15.5''N 063° 38' 03.5W)

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties. Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice.

Superintendent,
Aids to Navigation,
Canadian Coast Guard,
PO Box 5667,
St. John’s, T-N, A1C 5X1

Telephone: 709-772-2800
E-mail: 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.

(F2016-012)

Reference chart: 4425

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to discontinue the following aid:

Grand Tracadie Wharf light LL (1049.8), (46° 24' 12.3''N 063° 01' 43.9''W).

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties. Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice.

Superintendent,
Aids to Navigation,
Canadian Coast Guard,
PO Box 5667,
St-John’s, NL, A1C 5X1
Telephone:709-772-2800
E-mail : 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.

(G2016-047)

Reference Chart: 4913

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

Fox Dens Gully light (LL 1262.8) (47° 53' 12.1''N 064° 30' 15.2W)

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties. Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice

Superintendent,
Aids to Navigation,
Canadian Coast Guard,
PO Box 5667,
St. John’s, T-N, A1C 5X1

Telephone: 709-772-2800
E-mail: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.

(G2016-038)

Reference chart: 4913

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently discontinue the following range:

Baie de Lameque South range front LL (1294), (47° 46' 47.6''N 064° 39' 09.0''W).
Baie de Lameque South range rear LL (1295), bearing 74° 14' 820.4 m. from front .

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties. Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice.

Superintendent,
Aids to Navigation,
Canadian Coast Guard,
PO Box 5667,
St-John’s, NL, A1C 5X1
Telephone:709-772-2800
E-mail : 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.

(G2016-045,046)

Reference chart: 4920

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to discontinue the following range:

Lameque range front LL (1296), (47° 47' 26''N 064° 39' 31.9''W).
Lameque range rear LL (1297), bearing 41° 43' 118.6 m. from front .

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties. Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice.

Superintendent,
Aids to Navigation,
Canadian Coast Guard,
PO Box 5667,
Téléphone:709-772-2800
Courriel : 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.

(G2016-042,044)

Mariners are advised that the tidal levels listed in the 2016 edition of Canadian Tide and Current Tables, volumes 2 and 3 have been updated. This revision is aimed to get more precise tidal predictions in time and height. This will result in corrections to the Tidal Information Table shown on charts. These corrections will be published in 2016, through Notices to Mariners.

Chapter 3 - Paragraph 33, after "can find anchorage" 
Insert: (not charted)

(C2016-010.01)

Chapter 3 - Paragraph 34, after "to Brewer Bay." 
Delete: "Ice has shifted … not known." 
Replace by: Its position and depth over were determined in 1998, but mariners are cautioned that the wreck might have shifted due to ice action, in which case its exact position and depth over would be unknown.

(C2016-010.02)

Chapter 3 - Paragraph 35, after " Yellow Beach" 
Insert: (not named on the chart)

(C2016-010.03)

Chapter 3 - Paragraph 36, after " Mooring bollards" 
Insert: (not charted)

(C2016-010.04)

Chapter 3 - Paragraph 37, after " Sorry Harbour" 
Delete: (not named on the chart)

(C2016-010.05)

Chapter 4 - Before paragraph 56 
Delete: 4596 
Replace by: 4864

(N2016-01.3)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 56, last line 
Add: A small islet with an elevation of 36 feet (11 m) is located about 0.1 mile SW of the south end of Mouse Island. A shoal with a least depth of 17 feet (5.3 m) at its outer end extends about 0.12 mile SW of the SE tip of the islet. A rock drying 4 feet (1.2 m) is charted 0.2 mile WSW of the SE tip of the islet.

(N2016-01.4)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 57, after "Mouse Island." 
Insert: A shoal with a least depth of 8 feet (2.4 m) at its outer end extends about 0.12 mile north of the NE end of Burnt Island.

(N2016-01.5)

Chapter 4 - Before paragraph 63 
Insert: Chart 4866

(N2016-01.6)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 63 
Delete: awash 
Replace by: drying 1 foot (0.2 m)

(N2016-01.7)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 64 
Delete: 40 feet (12 m) 
Replace by: 23 feet (7 m)

(N2016-01.8)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 66, last line 
Add: An underwater rock of unknown depth and dangerous to surface navigation is charted about 262 feet (80 m) north of the outer end of the L-shaped wharf.

(N2016-01.9)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 67 
Delete: 90 feet (27 m) 
Replace by: 108 feet (33 m)

(N2016-02.0)

Chapter 4 - Before paragraph 68 
Delete: 4596 
Replace by: 4866

(N2016-02.1)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 73, last line 
Add: Marine farms are charted in the south part of St. John's Harbour, south of the island; caution  is advised.

(N2016-02.2)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 74, last line 
Add: Shoals with least depths of 10 feet (3.2 m) and 24 feet (7.4 m) are located 0.2 mile SE and 0.7 mile SSE, respectively, of the south tip of James Island. Two rocks drying 4 feet (1.1 m) lie 0.05 mile east of the SE end of James Island.

(N2016-02.3)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 75 
Delete: "There is a passage … Thwart Island Harbour." 
Replace by: There is a passage 0.2 mile wide having a least depth of 27 feet (8.3 m) on a mid-channel shoal between Frying Pan Island and Thwart Island. A shoal with a least depth of 6 feet (1.9 m) is located 0.4 mile SW of the south end of Frying Pan Island. A rock, awash, is located about 0.6 mile NW of the south end of Frying Pan Island at the entrance to Thwart Island Harbour.

(N2016-02.4)

Chapter 4 - Before paragraph 77 
Delete: 4596 
Replace by: 4866

(N2016-02.5)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 77 
Delete: 1 fathom (1.8 m) 
Replace by: 7 feet (2.2 m)

(N2016-02.6)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 78 
Delete: depths of 2 to 3 fathoms (3.7 to 5.5 m) 
Replace by: a least depth of 11 feet (3.4 m)

(N2016-02.7)

Chapter 4 - Before paragraph 82 
Delete: Chart 4597

(N2016-02.8)

Chapter 4 - Before paragraph 93 
Delete: Chart 4524

(N2016-02.9)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 95 
Delete: 31 feet (9.4 m) 
Replace by: 34 feet (10.4 m)

(N2016-03.0)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 96 
Delete: 11 feet (3.5 m) 
Replace by: 15 feet (4.7 m)

(N2016-03.1)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 97 
Delete: 15 feet (4.6 m) along both sides 
Replace by: 17 feet (5.1 m) alongside the seaward face

(N2016-03.2)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 98 
Delete: 23 feet (7 m) 
Replace by: 22 feet (6.8 m)

(N2016-03.3)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 99 
Delete: (8.8 m) 
Replace by: (8.9 m)

(N2016-03.4)

Chapter 4 - Delete paragraph 100 
Replace by: 100 The charted wharf situated 0.25 mile SW of Mill Point is reported removed; caution  is advised.

(N2016-03.5)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 101 
Delete: 27 to 31 feet (8.2 to 9.4 m) 
Replace by: 31 to 32 feet (9.6 to 9.8 m)

(N2016-03.6)

Chapter 4 - Paragraph 103 
Delete: "There is a least depth of … at the pier."

(N2016-03.7)

Chapter 4 - Before paragraph 107 
Delete: Chart 4597

(N2016-03.8)

Chapter 6 - Delete paragraph 182 
Replace by: 182 For more information on the Eastport MPAs please visit: http://www.icomnl.ca/mpa/eastport.php.

(N2016-03.9)

Chapter 5 - Paragraph 66 
Delete: "10 to 14.7 m (33 to 48 feet) … 190 m (623 ft) long." 
Replace by: 12.5 to 13.1 m (41 to 43 ft) alongside the north face, 200 m (656 ft) long.

(N2016-04.0)

Chapter 1 - Paragraph 116, after "2 miles ENE of Pointe aux Soldats." 
Insert: A shoal with a least depth of 24 feet (7.3 m) is charted about 0.9 mile NE of the previously mentioned 36-foot (11-m) shoal.

(N2016-04.1)

Chapter 1 - Paragraph 87 
Delete: "tower near … 20 seconds from the tower." 
Replace by: mast having a red and white daymark near the outer end of the wharf.

(A2016-004.4)

Chapter 1 - Paragraph 98 
Delete: from a white tower 44 feet (13 m) high 
Replace by: at an elevation of 64 feet (19.5 m) from a skeleton tower, having red and white daymarks,

(A2016-004.5)

Chapter 1 - Delete paragraph 30 
Replace by: 30 Quirpon Harbour can be entered from the north through a channel between Jacques Cartier Island and The Islets, a group of low rocks lying off the west side of Quirpon Island. Port hand light buoyKQ1 (235.91)  is moored 0.1 mile SW of The Islets.

(N2016-04.2)

Chapter 1 - Paragraph 95 
Delete: public wharf 
Replace by: wharf in ruins

(Q2016-011.1)

Chapter 1 - Paragraph 100 
Delete: "A T-shaped public wharf… berths to small craft." 
Replace by: There is a wharf in ruins on the west side of Baie Johan-Beetz.

(Q2016-011.2)

Chapter 1 - Adjacent to paragraph 100, delete the wharf pictograph.

(Q2016-011.3)

Chapter 1 - Paragraph 102, after "wharf" 
Insert: in ruins

(Q2016-011.4)

Chapter 2 - Delete paragraph 83 
Replace by: 83 On the west side of Anse de Mont-Louis, there is an illuminated public wharf  which is extended by a breakwater in a SE direction. The south face of the wharf has a 60-m berth. There are floating docks along the breakwater extending in an easterly direction. A private mooring buoy  is moored south of the breakwater. There is a launching ramp. A fish plant is situated near the inner end of the public wharf.

(Q2016-018.1)

Chapter 3 - After paragraph 116 
Insert: 116.1 Seasonal Provisional Voluntary Measures. - From May through October inclusively, commercial vessels and cruise ships should avoid passing through the area north of the traffic separation scheme extending from Pointe à Boisvert to Les Escoumins pilot station precautionary area to reduce noise and the risk of collision with whales. If vessels have to enter the above-mentioned area they should reduce their speed through the water to 10 knots or less.

(Q2016-016.1)

Chapter 3 - Adjacent to paragraph 116.1, add a caution pictograph.

(Q2016-016.2)

Chapter 1 - After paragraph 9 
Insert: 9.1 Seasonal Provisional Voluntary Measures. - From May through October inclusively, commercial vessels and cruise ships should reduce their speed to a maximum of 10 knots through the water and maintain a proper lookout when passing through the area extending from Les Escoumins pilot station to the vicinity of Haut-fond Prince lighthouse to reduce the risk of collision with whales in their feeding grounds. It is recommended that vessels proceed north of Île Rouge to minimize the impact of noise on pods of belugas that are in the area south of the island.

(Q2016-016.3)

Chapter 1 - Adjacent to paragraph 9.1, add a caution pictograph.

(Q2016-016.4)

Chapter 2 - Paragraph 176 
Delete: "During summer, … through the channel." 
Replace by: In early spring an opening in the ice booms, marked by red and green lights, allows passage through the channel. Later in the season, the ice booms and lights are removed and only the yellow buoys remain.

(Q2016-015.1)

Chapter 1 - Paragraph 159 
Delete: 4.6 m 
Replace by: 3.7 m

(C2016-011.01)