CHS SDIR ARC402 Eastern Arctic 2021
CHS SDIR ARC402 Eastern Arctic 2021
Sailing Directions Eastern Arctic Canada ARC 402
The Sailing Directions booklets are an indispensable companion to nautical charts. They are a great tool for planning and assisting in navigation because they provide information that cannot be shown on a chart.
Author: CHS
Date: 2021
Format: Comb Bound Booklet
Number of Pages: 184
CHAPTER 1 Davis Strait — Frobisher Bay
General _________________________________________________________ 1-1
Outer Frobisher Bay — NE side_____________________________________ 1-3
Loks Land to Cape Cracroft _____________________________________ 1-3
Cape Cracroft to Brewster Point__________________________________ 1-3
Outer Frobisher Bay — SW side ____________________________________ 1-4
East Bluff to Peters Point _______________________________________ 1-5
Peters Point to President’s Seat __________________________________ 1-5
Central Frobisher Bay — NE side ___________________________________ 1-6
Off-lying islands and dangers____________________________________ 1-6
Brewster Point to Opera Glass Cape ______________________________ 1-6
Ward Inlet and approaches ______________________________________ 1-7
Central Frobisher Bay — SW side ___________________________________ 1-7
President’s Seat to Ney Harbour__________________________________ 1-7
Ney Harbour to Cape Poillon ____________________________________ 1-8
Inner Frobisher Bay approach channels ______________________________ 1-9
Pike-Resor Channel ___________________________________________ 1-9
Cincinnati Press Channel ______________________________________ 1-10
Whiskukun Channel __________________________________________ 1-11
Fletcher Channel_____________________________________________ 1-11
Bartlett Narrows _____________________________________________ 1-11
Algerine Passage and Deep Passage______________________________ 1-12
Inner Frobisher Bay______________________________________________ 1-12
Cape Rammelsberg to Bay of Two Rivers _________________________ 1-12
Inner Frobisher Bay — North side _______________________________ 1-13
Inner Frobisher Bay — NE side _________________________________ 1-13
Koojesse Inlet _______________________________________________ 1-13
CHAPTER 2 Davis Strait — Cumberland Sound
General _________________________________________________________ 2-1
Loks Land to Cumberland Sound ___________________________________ 2-2
Cape Daly to French Headland___________________________________ 2-2
Cyrus Field Bay ______________________________________________ 2-2
Off-lying islands and dangers____________________________________ 2-3
Cape Farrington to Cape Hoey___________________________________ 2-3
Cornelius Grinnell Bay_________________________________________ 2-4
Robinson Sound ______________________________________________ 2-4
Brevoort Harbour _____________________________________________ 2-5
Cape Murchison to Christopher Hall Island_________________________ 2-5
Cumberland Sound _______________________________________________ 2-6
Entrance to Cumberland Sound — SW side ________________________ 2-6
Entrance to Cumberland Sound — NE side_________________________ 2-7
Cumberland Sound — West side _________________________________ 2-7
Cumberland Sound — East side__________________________________ 2-8
Pangnirtung Fiord_____________________________________________ 2-9
Head of Cumberland Sound ____________________________________ 2-10
IV
CHAPTER 3 Davis Strait — Cape Mercy to Cape Aston
General _________________________________________________________ 3-1
Cape Mercy to Cape Dyer __________________________________________ 3-2
Leopold Island to Clephane Bay _________________________________ 3-2
Clephane Bay to Cape Dyer _____________________________________ 3-2
Cape Dyer___________________________________________________ 3-2
Cape Dyer to Kangeeak Point_______________________________________ 3-3
Cape Dyer to Durban Harbour ___________________________________ 3-4
Durban Harbour to Broughton Island______________________________ 3-4
Broughton Island _____________________________________________ 3-5
Broughton Island to Kangeeak Point ______________________________ 3-6
Kangeeak Point to Cape Aston ______________________________________ 3-7
Kangeeak Point to Cape Hooper _________________________________ 3-7
Cape Hooper_________________________________________________ 3-8
Ekalugad Fiord _______________________________________________ 3-8
Ekalugad Fiord to Arguyartu Point________________________________ 3-9
Arguyartu Point to Cape Henry Kater _____________________________ 3-9
Cape Henry Kater to Cape Aston ________________________________ 3-10
CHAPTER 4 Baffin Bay — South part
General _________________________________________________________ 4-1
Cape Aston to Cape Hunter ________________________________________ 4-2
Cape Aston to Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde Inlet) ________________________ 4-2
Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde Inlet)____________________________________ 4-2
Cape Christian to Niaqurnaaluk (Cape Eglinton)_____________________ 4-3
Niaqurnaaluk to Cape Hunter____________________________________ 4-3
Cape Hunter to Cape Macculloch ___________________________________ 4-5
Cape Hunter to Cape Cargenholm ________________________________ 4-5
Dexterity Fiord _______________________________________________ 4-5
Cape Cargenholm to Cape Macculloch ____________________________ 4-6
Pond Inlet _______________________________________________________ 4-7
Pond Inlet — North side________________________________________ 4-7
Pond Inlet — South side________________________________________ 4-7
Tasiujaq_________________________________________________________ 4-9
East part of Tasiujaq — North side________________________________ 4-9
East part of Tasiujaq — South side________________________________ 4-9
Oliver Sound_________________________________________________ 4-9
Tay Sound___________________________________________________ 4-9
White Bay___________________________________________________ 4-9
Milne Inlet _________________________________________________ 4-10
Tremblay Sound _____________________________________________ 4-10
Navy Board Inlet ________________________________________________ 4-11
Navy Board Inlet — South side _________________________________ 4-11
Navy Board Inlet — North side _________________________________ 4-12
Tay Bay____________________________________________________ 4-12
Bylot Island — East and north coasts _______________________________ 4-12
Niaqunnguut to Cape Fanshawe_________________________________ 4-12
Cape Fanshawe to Navy Board Inlet _____________________________ 4-13
CHAPTER 5 Parry Channel — East part — Lancaster Sound and Admiralty Inlet
General _________________________________________________________ 5-1
Lancaster Sound — East part_______________________________________ 5-2
North side — Cape Sherard to Dundas Harbour _____________________ 5-2
Dundas Harbour ______________________________________________ 5-2
V
Dundas Harbour to Cape Bullen__________________________________ 5-3
South side — Adams Island to Admiralty Inlet ______________________ 5-3
Admiralty Inlet — East side ________________________________________ 5-3
Cape Charles Yorke to Strathcona Sound___________________________ 5-4
Strathcona Sound _____________________________________________ 5-4
Graveyard Point to Adams Sound ________________________________ 5-4
Adams Sound and Arctic Bay____________________________________ 5-5
Adams Sound to Yeoman Island__________________________________ 5-5
Admiralty Inlet — West side________________________________________ 5-6
Cape Crauford to Yellow Valley__________________________________ 5-6
Inner part of Admiralty Inlet _______________________________________ 5-6
Easter Sound_________________________________________________ 5-7
Berlinguet Inlet_______________________________________________ 5-7
Lancaster Sound — West part ______________________________________ 5-7
South side — Cape Crauford to Cape York _________________________ 5-7
North side — Cape Bullen to Cape Hurd___________________________ 5-7
CHAPTER 6 Prince Regent Inlet — Gulf of Boothia — Committee Bay
General _________________________________________________________ 6-1
Prince Regent Inlet________________________________________________ 6-2
Prince Regent Inlet — East side__________________________________ 6-2
Prince Regent Inlet — West side _________________________________ 6-3
Bellot Strait and approaches________________________________________ 6-4
East approaches to Bellot Strait __________________________________ 6-5
Bellot Strait__________________________________________________ 6-6
Gulf of Boothia ___________________________________________________ 6-6
Gulf of Boothia — East side ________________________________________ 6-7
Gulf of Boothia — West side ________________________________________ 6-8
Cape Farrand to Cape Allington__________________________________ 6-8
Cape Allington to Lord Mayor Bay _______________________________ 6-8
Lord Mayor Bay ______________________________________________ 6-9
Pelly Bay ___________________________________________________ 6-9
Committee Bay __________________________________________________ 6-10
Committee Bay — East side____________________________________ 6-10
Committee Bay — West side ___________________________________ 6-11
CHAPTER 7 Parry Channel — East part — Barrow Strait
General _________________________________________________________ 7-1
Barrow Strait — SE part___________________________________________ 7-2
Prince Leopold Island to Pressure Point____________________________ 7-2
Barrow Strait — NE part __________________________________________ 7-3
Cape Hurd to Cape Spencer _____________________________________ 7-3
Cape Hotham to Resolute Bay ___________________________________ 7-4
Resolute Bay_________________________________________________ 7-4
Barrow Strait — NW part__________________________________________ 7-6
Resolute Passage _____________________________________________ 7-6
Bathurst Island — South shore___________________________________ 7-6
Barrow Strait — SW part __________________________________________ 7-7
Prince of Wales Island — NE shore _______________________________ 7-7
Baring Channel and Russell Island________________________________ 7-7
Offshore islands ______________________________________________ 7-8
CHAPTER 8 Barrow Strait to Norwegian Bay including north coast
of Bathurst Island
General _________________________________________________________ 8-1
VI
Wellington Channel to Queens Channel ______________________________ 8-2
Wellington Channel — East side _________________________________ 8-2
Wellington Channel — North side ________________________________ 8-3
Wellington Channel — West side_________________________________ 8-3
Maury Channel _______________________________________________ 8-4
Couch Passage — Pioneer Channel _______________________________ 8-4
McDougall Sound to Queens Channel ________________________________ 8-4
McDougall Sound — East side __________________________________ 8-5
McDougall Sound — West side __________________________________ 8-5
Crozier Strait and approaches____________________________________ 8-6
Pullen Strait and approaches ____________________________________ 8-6
Queens Channel __________________________________________________ 8-7
Queens Channel — South part ___________________________________ 8-7
Queens Channel — West side__________________
CHS SDIR ARC402 Eastern Arctic 2021
Sailing Directions Eastern Arctic Canada ARC 402
The Sailing Directions booklets are an indispensable companion to nautical charts. They are a great tool for planning and assisting in navigation because they provide information that cannot be shown on a chart.
Author: CHS
Date: 2021
Format: Comb Bound Booklet
Number of Pages: 184
CHAPTER 1 Davis Strait — Frobisher Bay
General _________________________________________________________ 1-1
Outer Frobisher Bay — NE side_____________________________________ 1-3
Loks Land to Cape Cracroft _____________________________________ 1-3
Cape Cracroft to Brewster Point__________________________________ 1-3
Outer Frobisher Bay — SW side ____________________________________ 1-4
East Bluff to Peters Point _______________________________________ 1-5
Peters Point to President’s Seat __________________________________ 1-5
Central Frobisher Bay — NE side ___________________________________ 1-6
Off-lying islands and dangers____________________________________ 1-6
Brewster Point to Opera Glass Cape ______________________________ 1-6
Ward Inlet and approaches ______________________________________ 1-7
Central Frobisher Bay — SW side ___________________________________ 1-7
President’s Seat to Ney Harbour__________________________________ 1-7
Ney Harbour to Cape Poillon ____________________________________ 1-8
Inner Frobisher Bay approach channels ______________________________ 1-9
Pike-Resor Channel ___________________________________________ 1-9
Cincinnati Press Channel ______________________________________ 1-10
Whiskukun Channel __________________________________________ 1-11
Fletcher Channel_____________________________________________ 1-11
Bartlett Narrows _____________________________________________ 1-11
Algerine Passage and Deep Passage______________________________ 1-12
Inner Frobisher Bay______________________________________________ 1-12
Cape Rammelsberg to Bay of Two Rivers _________________________ 1-12
Inner Frobisher Bay — North side _______________________________ 1-13
Inner Frobisher Bay — NE side _________________________________ 1-13
Koojesse Inlet _______________________________________________ 1-13
CHAPTER 2 Davis Strait — Cumberland Sound
General _________________________________________________________ 2-1
Loks Land to Cumberland Sound ___________________________________ 2-2
Cape Daly to French Headland___________________________________ 2-2
Cyrus Field Bay ______________________________________________ 2-2
Off-lying islands and dangers____________________________________ 2-3
Cape Farrington to Cape Hoey___________________________________ 2-3
Cornelius Grinnell Bay_________________________________________ 2-4
Robinson Sound ______________________________________________ 2-4
Brevoort Harbour _____________________________________________ 2-5
Cape Murchison to Christopher Hall Island_________________________ 2-5
Cumberland Sound _______________________________________________ 2-6
Entrance to Cumberland Sound — SW side ________________________ 2-6
Entrance to Cumberland Sound — NE side_________________________ 2-7
Cumberland Sound — West side _________________________________ 2-7
Cumberland Sound — East side__________________________________ 2-8
Pangnirtung Fiord_____________________________________________ 2-9
Head of Cumberland Sound ____________________________________ 2-10
IV
CHAPTER 3 Davis Strait — Cape Mercy to Cape Aston
General _________________________________________________________ 3-1
Cape Mercy to Cape Dyer __________________________________________ 3-2
Leopold Island to Clephane Bay _________________________________ 3-2
Clephane Bay to Cape Dyer _____________________________________ 3-2
Cape Dyer___________________________________________________ 3-2
Cape Dyer to Kangeeak Point_______________________________________ 3-3
Cape Dyer to Durban Harbour ___________________________________ 3-4
Durban Harbour to Broughton Island______________________________ 3-4
Broughton Island _____________________________________________ 3-5
Broughton Island to Kangeeak Point ______________________________ 3-6
Kangeeak Point to Cape Aston ______________________________________ 3-7
Kangeeak Point to Cape Hooper _________________________________ 3-7
Cape Hooper_________________________________________________ 3-8
Ekalugad Fiord _______________________________________________ 3-8
Ekalugad Fiord to Arguyartu Point________________________________ 3-9
Arguyartu Point to Cape Henry Kater _____________________________ 3-9
Cape Henry Kater to Cape Aston ________________________________ 3-10
CHAPTER 4 Baffin Bay — South part
General _________________________________________________________ 4-1
Cape Aston to Cape Hunter ________________________________________ 4-2
Cape Aston to Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde Inlet) ________________________ 4-2
Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde Inlet)____________________________________ 4-2
Cape Christian to Niaqurnaaluk (Cape Eglinton)_____________________ 4-3
Niaqurnaaluk to Cape Hunter____________________________________ 4-3
Cape Hunter to Cape Macculloch ___________________________________ 4-5
Cape Hunter to Cape Cargenholm ________________________________ 4-5
Dexterity Fiord _______________________________________________ 4-5
Cape Cargenholm to Cape Macculloch ____________________________ 4-6
Pond Inlet _______________________________________________________ 4-7
Pond Inlet — North side________________________________________ 4-7
Pond Inlet — South side________________________________________ 4-7
Tasiujaq_________________________________________________________ 4-9
East part of Tasiujaq — North side________________________________ 4-9
East part of Tasiujaq — South side________________________________ 4-9
Oliver Sound_________________________________________________ 4-9
Tay Sound___________________________________________________ 4-9
White Bay___________________________________________________ 4-9
Milne Inlet _________________________________________________ 4-10
Tremblay Sound _____________________________________________ 4-10
Navy Board Inlet ________________________________________________ 4-11
Navy Board Inlet — South side _________________________________ 4-11
Navy Board Inlet — North side _________________________________ 4-12
Tay Bay____________________________________________________ 4-12
Bylot Island — East and north coasts _______________________________ 4-12
Niaqunnguut to Cape Fanshawe_________________________________ 4-12
Cape Fanshawe to Navy Board Inlet _____________________________ 4-13
CHAPTER 5 Parry Channel — East part — Lancaster Sound and Admiralty Inlet
General _________________________________________________________ 5-1
Lancaster Sound — East part_______________________________________ 5-2
North side — Cape Sherard to Dundas Harbour _____________________ 5-2
Dundas Harbour ______________________________________________ 5-2
V
Dundas Harbour to Cape Bullen__________________________________ 5-3
South side — Adams Island to Admiralty Inlet ______________________ 5-3
Admiralty Inlet — East side ________________________________________ 5-3
Cape Charles Yorke to Strathcona Sound___________________________ 5-4
Strathcona Sound _____________________________________________ 5-4
Graveyard Point to Adams Sound ________________________________ 5-4
Adams Sound and Arctic Bay____________________________________ 5-5
Adams Sound to Yeoman Island__________________________________ 5-5
Admiralty Inlet — West side________________________________________ 5-6
Cape Crauford to Yellow Valley__________________________________ 5-6
Inner part of Admiralty Inlet _______________________________________ 5-6
Easter Sound_________________________________________________ 5-7
Berlinguet Inlet_______________________________________________ 5-7
Lancaster Sound — West part ______________________________________ 5-7
South side — Cape Crauford to Cape York _________________________ 5-7
North side — Cape Bullen to Cape Hurd___________________________ 5-7
CHAPTER 6 Prince Regent Inlet — Gulf of Boothia — Committee Bay
General _________________________________________________________ 6-1
Prince Regent Inlet________________________________________________ 6-2
Prince Regent Inlet — East side__________________________________ 6-2
Prince Regent Inlet — West side _________________________________ 6-3
Bellot Strait and approaches________________________________________ 6-4
East approaches to Bellot Strait __________________________________ 6-5
Bellot Strait__________________________________________________ 6-6
Gulf of Boothia ___________________________________________________ 6-6
Gulf of Boothia — East side ________________________________________ 6-7
Gulf of Boothia — West side ________________________________________ 6-8
Cape Farrand to Cape Allington__________________________________ 6-8
Cape Allington to Lord Mayor Bay _______________________________ 6-8
Lord Mayor Bay ______________________________________________ 6-9
Pelly Bay ___________________________________________________ 6-9
Committee Bay __________________________________________________ 6-10
Committee Bay — East side____________________________________ 6-10
Committee Bay — West side ___________________________________ 6-11
CHAPTER 7 Parry Channel — East part — Barrow Strait
General _________________________________________________________ 7-1
Barrow Strait — SE part___________________________________________ 7-2
Prince Leopold Island to Pressure Point____________________________ 7-2
Barrow Strait — NE part __________________________________________ 7-3
Cape Hurd to Cape Spencer _____________________________________ 7-3
Cape Hotham to Resolute Bay ___________________________________ 7-4
Resolute Bay_________________________________________________ 7-4
Barrow Strait — NW part__________________________________________ 7-6
Resolute Passage _____________________________________________ 7-6
Bathurst Island — South shore___________________________________ 7-6
Barrow Strait — SW part __________________________________________ 7-7
Prince of Wales Island — NE shore _______________________________ 7-7
Baring Channel and Russell Island________________________________ 7-7
Offshore islands ______________________________________________ 7-8
CHAPTER 8 Barrow Strait to Norwegian Bay including north coast
of Bathurst Island
General _________________________________________________________ 8-1
VI
Wellington Channel to Queens Channel ______________________________ 8-2
Wellington Channel — East side _________________________________ 8-2
Wellington Channel — North side ________________________________ 8-3
Wellington Channel — West side_________________________________ 8-3
Maury Channel _______________________________________________ 8-4
Couch Passage — Pioneer Channel _______________________________ 8-4
McDougall Sound to Queens Channel ________________________________ 8-4
McDougall Sound — East side __________________________________ 8-5
McDougall Sound — West side __________________________________ 8-5
Crozier Strait and approaches____________________________________ 8-6
Pullen Strait and approaches ____________________________________ 8-6
Queens Channel __________________________________________________ 8-7
Queens Channel — South part ___________________________________ 8-7
Queens Channel — West side__________________
