CHS SDIR CEN 305E Lake Huron Lake Superior 2023/07
CHS SDIR 305 Lake Huron Lake Superior 2021
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: 139
CHAPTER 1 Lake Huron — East shore
General ______________________________________________________ 1-1
Northern approaches to St. Clair River____________________________ 1-2
Point Edward _____________________________________________ 1-3
Point Edward to Goderich_______________________________________ 1-
4
Port Franks _______________________________________________ 1-
6
Grand Bend_______________________________________________ 1-
7
Bayfield__________________________________________________ 1-
8
Goderich _________________________________________________ 1-
9
Goderich to Fishing Islands_____________________________________ 1-1
1
Kincardine ______________________________________________1-1
2
Port Elgin _______________________________________________1-1
4
Approaches to Southampton_________________________________1-1
5
Southampton_____________________________________________1-1
5
Sauble River _____________________________________________1-1
7
Fishing Islands _______________________________________________1-1
7
Approaches to Oliphant ____________________________________1-1
8
Oliphant to Red Bay and Pike Bay____________________________1-1
9
Approach channels ________________________________________1-19
Fishing Islands to Cape Hurd ___________________________________1-20
Stokes Bay ______________________________________________1-2
1
Stokes Bay to Cape Hurd ___________________________________1-2
2
CHAPTER 2 Lake Huron — North Shore
General ______________________________________________________ 2-1
Entrance channels _____________________________________________ 2-2
Manitoulin Island______________________________________________ 2-2
Hungerford Point to Providence Bay ___________________________ 2-2
South Bay ________________________________________________ 2-3
South Baymouth to Providence Bay____________________________ 2-4
Providence Bay to Duck Islands_______________________________ 2-
4
Duck Islands ______________________________________________ 2-6
Duck Islands to Mississagi Strait ______________________________ 2-
7
Mississagi Strait _______________________________________________ 2-
9
South Shore of Cockburn Island ________________________________2-10
False Detour Channel _________________________________________2-10
East side of channel _______________________________________2-10
South Shore of Drummond Island _______________________________2-10
CHAPTER 3 St. Marys River
General ______________________________________________________ 3-1
St. Marys River Vessel Traffic Service _____________________________ 3-3
De Tour Passage _______________________________________________ 3-3
Munuscong Lake to Lake Nicolet _________________________________ 3-5
St. Marys Falls ________________________________________________ 3-
7
Sault Ste. Marie (Canada) Canal ________________________________ 3-11
Sault Ste. Marie ______________________________________________ 3-11
St. Marys Falls to Gros Cap Reefs _______________________________3-12
Birch Point to Whitefish Bay____________________________________3-13
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CHAPTER 4 Lake Superior — East Shore
General ______________________________________________________ 4-1
Approaches to St. Marys River from NW __________________________ 4-2
South and west sides of Whitefish Bay _________________________ 4-2
East side of Whitefish Bay ___________________________________ 4-3
Coppermine Point to Montreal River _____________________________ 4-4
Montreal River to Cape Gargantua _______________________________ 4-6
Cape Gargantua to Michipicoten Bay _____________________________ 4-8
Michipicoten Bay ______________________________________________ 4-9
CHAPTER 5 Lake Superior — NE Shore
General ______________________________________________________ 5-1
Offshore dangers ______________________________________________ 5-2
Superior Shoal ____________________________________________ 5-2
Michipicoten Bay to Pilot Harbour _______________________________ 5-2
Michipicoten Island, North Side __________________________________ 5-2
Caribou Island ________________________________________________ 5-3
Off-lying banks____________________________________________ 5-3
Michipicoten Island, South Side __________________________________ 5-3
Approaches to Quebec Harbour _______________________________ 5-3
Quebec Harbour ___________________________________________ 5-4
Pilot Harbour to Otter Island ____________________________________ 5-4
Otter Island to Peninsula Harbour________________________________ 5-6
Approaches to Peninsula Harbour _____________________________ 5-8
Peninsula Harbour to Bottle Point ________________________________ 5-9
CHAPTER 6 Lake Superior — Nipigon Bay and Approaches
General ______________________________________________________ 6-1
Slate Islands ______________________________________________ 6-1
Bottle Point to Schreiber Point ___________________________________ 6-2
Approaches to Nipigon Bay______________________________________ 6-3
South Sides of St. Ignace and Fluor Islands______________________ 6-5
Channels to Nipigon Bay ________________________________________ 6-5
Schreiber Channel to Rossport ________________________________ 6-5
Routes north of Channel Island _______________________________ 6-6
Simpson Channel __________________________________________ 6-7
Nipigon Bay___________________________________________________ 6-8
Crow Point to Vert Island ____________________________________ 6-8
Vert Island to Nipigon River__________________________________ 6-8
Nipigon Strait to Nipigon River _________________________________6-10
CHAPTER 7 Lake Superior — Black Bay and Approaches — Thunder Bay
General ______________________________________________________ 7-1
Nipigon Strait to Black Bay______________________________________ 7-2
Approaches to Black Bay________________________________________ 7-4
Black Bay ____________________________________________________ 7-6
Approaches to Thunder Bay _____________________________________ 7-7
Isle Royale____________________________________________________ 7-7
Passage Island to Port of Thunder Bay ___________________________7-10
Passage Island to Thunder Cape______________________________7-10
Thunder Bay — East Entrance _______________________________7-12
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Pigeon Bay to Port of Thunder Bay ______________________________7-12
Off-lying islands and shoals _________________________________7-13
Victoria Island to Port of Thunder Bay ________________________7-14
Approaches to Port of Thunder Bay___________________________7-15
Port of Thunder Bay __________________________________________7-15
Southern part of Port of Thunder Bay _________________________7-17
Facilities in Thunder Bay ___________________________________7-19
North and east shores of Thunder Bay _________________________7-21