CHS SDIR CEN 306E Georgian Bay 2023/12

CHS SDIR 306 Georgian Bay 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: 147

CHAPTER 1 General Information
General _________________________________________________________ 1-1
Chart datum and surveys __________________________________________ 1-1
Aids to navigation_________________________________________________ 1-2
Cables __________________________________________________________ 1-2
Hospitals ________________________________________________________ 1-3
Marina information _______________________________________________ 1-
3
Historical background _____________________________________________ 1-
3
Charting Georgian Bay ____________________________________________ 1-
4
CHAPTER 2 Entrance and northwest part
General _________________________________________________________ 2-1
Entrance channels ________________________________________________ 2-1
Main Channel to Bears Rump Island ______________________________ 2-2
Yeo Channel to Wall Island _____________________________________ 2-3
Fitzwilliam Channel ___________________________________________ 2-3
Owen Channel _______________________________________________ 2-4
Off-lying islands and shoals_________________________________________ 2-4
Tamarack Point to Cape Smith (Manitoulin Island) ____________________ 2-5
Cape Smith to North Channel_______________________________________ 2-5
Offshore features______________________________________________ 2-6
Cape Smith to Big Burnt Island __________________________________ 2-6
East Entrance to North Channel __________________________________ 2-7
Approaches to Indusmin quarries and Killarney Bay__________________ 2-7
Lansdowne Channel ___________________________________________ 2-8
Channels south of Cove Island ______________________________________ 2-8
Devil Island Channel __________________________________________ 2-9
Cape Hurd Channel to Tobermory ________________________________ 2-9
Tobermory _________________________________________________ 2-10
Tobermory to Cabot Head_________________________________________ 2-11
CHAPTER 3 Southwest and west shores
General _________________________________________________________ 3-1
Cabot Head to Cape Croker ________________________________________ 3-1
Cape Croker to Cape Commodore ___________________________________ 3-3
Wiarton _____________________________________________________ 3-5
Cape Commodore to Cape Rich _____________________________________ 3-6
Owen Sound _________________________________________________ 3-6
Cape Rich to Delphi Point __________________________________________ 3-8
Meaford ____________________________________________________ 3-8
Thornbury__________________________________________________ 3-10
Approaches to Collingwood____________________________________ 3-10
Collingwood ________________________________________________ 3-11
Collingwood to Gidley Point ___________________________________ 3-13
CHAPTER 4 East shore — South part
General _________________________________________________________ 4-1
Western Islands __________________________________________________ 4-
1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Moose Deer Point to The Watchers __________________________________ 4-2
Approach to the small-craft route_________________________________ 4-3
Outer islands_________________________________________________ 4-3
Christian Island to Methodist Point __________________________________ 4-4
Hope Channel and Christian Channel ________________________________ 4-5
Methodist Point to Beausoleil Island _________________________________ 4-7
Approaches to the inshore small-craft route_________________________ 4-7
Approaches to Penetang Harbour and Midland Bay ____________________ 4-8
Approaches to the small-craft route _______________________________ 4-8
Penetang Harbour ________________________________________________ 4-9
Midland Bay ____________________________________________________ 4-11
Midland____________________________________________________ 4-11
Tiffin ______________________________________________________ 4-12
Midland Bay to Sturgeon Point ____________________________________ 4-13
Hogg Bay __________________________________________________ 4-13
Port McNicoll _______________________________________________ 4-13
Victoria Harbour_____________________________________________ 4-14
Sturgeon Point to Waubaushene____________________________________ 4-14
Access route from Sturgeon Bay ________________________________ 4-16
CHAPTER 5 East shore — Central part
General _________________________________________________________ 5-1
Moose Deer Point to Bateau Island __________________________________ 5-2
Waubuno Channel ________________________________________________ 5-2
Lone Rock to Bald Island_______________________________________ 5-3
Small-craft routes_________________________________________________ 5-3
Waubuno Channel to South Channel ______________________________ 5-3
Bald Island to Iron Rock________________________________________ 5-3
Alternate route: Bald Island to Iron Rock __________________________ 5-4
Iron Rock to Rose Island _______________________________________ 5-4
Rose Island and adjacent channels ________________________________ 5-4
Bateau Island to McCoy Islands _____________________________________ 5-5
Western Approach to Parry Sound __________________________________ 5-6
Main Channel to Parry Sound ______________________________________ 5-6
Outer entrance _______________________________________________ 5-6
Inside channel — Red Rock to Twin Sisters Island ___________________ 5-7
Red Rock to Carling Rock ______________________________________ 5-7
Carling Rock to Killbear Point___________________________________ 5-8
Parry Sound (sound) ______________________________________________ 5-9
Killbear Point to Depot Harbour _________________________________ 5-9
Depot Harbour _______________________________________________ 5-9
Killbear Point to Salt Point______________________________________ 5-9
Approaches to Parry Sound Harbour
Parry Sound — North part ________________________________________ 5-10
Killbear Point to Carling Bay___________________________________ 5-10
Carling Bay_________________________________________________ 5-11
Carling Bay to Parry Sound ____________________________________ 5-11
North Entrance to Parry Sound Harbour __________________________ 5-12
Parry Sound Harbour ____________________________________________ 5-12
Town of Parry Sound _________________________________________ 5-13
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CHAPTER 6 East shore — North part
General _________________________________________________________ 6-1
McCoy Islands to Pointe au Baril____________________________________ 6-1
Outlying dangers _____________________________________________ 6-1
Approach channel to Pointe au Baril ______________________________ 6-2
Pointe au Baril to Byng Inlet________________________________________ 6-2
Byng Inlet and Approaches _________________________________________ 6-3
Magnetawan Ledges to Clark Island ______________________________ 6-3
Clark Island to Britt ___________________________________________ 6-4
Britt and Byng Inlet ___________________________________________ 6-5
Head of Byng Inlet ____________________________________________ 6-5
Byng Inlet to Bustard Islands _______________________________________ 6-6
Bustard Islands to Killarney ________________________________________ 6-6
Offshore islands ______________________________________________ 6-7
CHAPTER 7 Inshore Route — Port Severn to Twelve Mile Bay
General _________________________________________________________ 7-1
Trent-Severn Waterway ________________________________________ 7-2
Port Severn to Tomahawk Island ____________________________________ 7-2
Port Severn to Moreau Rock ____________________________________ 7-3
Access route — Waubaushene — Sturgeon Bay _____________________ 7-3
Moreau Rock to Hill Bank ______________________________________ 7-3
Hill Bank to Turning Rock ______________________________________ 7-4
Access Routes to Turning Rock and Big Dog Channel ___________________ 7-5
Access route to Turning Rock ___________________________________ 7-6
Access via Big Dog Channel ____________________________________ 7-6
Turning Rock to Tomahawk Island __________________________________ 7-6
Turning Rock to Honey Harbour _________________________________ 7-6
Honey Harbour _______________________________________________ 7-7
Honey Harbour to Tomahawk Island ______________________________ 7-8
Tomahawk Island to Twelve Mile Bay ________________________________ 7-8
Tomahawk Island to Penetang Rock ______________________________ 7-8
Musquash Channel ____________________________________________ 7-8
Access routes to Penetang Rock and Kindersley Island________________ 7-9
Minnicog Channel ____________________________________________ 7-9
Access via Payette Island ______________________________________ 7-10
Penetang Rock to Maxwell Island _______________________________ 7-10
Access via Whalesback Channel ________________________________ 7-11
Maxwell Island to Red Rock ___________________________________ 7-11
Go Home Bay_______________________________________________ 7-12
Red Rock to Kerr Island_______________________________________ 7-13
Monument Channel __________________________________________ 7-13
Kerr Island to Peacock Island___________________________________ 7-14
Indian Harbour ______________________________________________ 7-14
Peacock Island to Bourke Point _________________________________ 7-14
Bourke Point to Twelve Mile Bay _______________________________ 7-15
O’Donnell Channel and Approaches ________________________________ 7-16
Approaches to Twelve Mile Bay ________________________________ 7-16
CHAPTER 8 Inshore Route — Twelve Mile Bay to Parry Sound
General _________________________________________________________ 8-1
Twelve Mile Bay to Turning Island___________________________________ 8-1
Twelve Mile Bay to Fryingpan Island _____________________________ 8-1
Moon Island area _____________________________________________ 8-3
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Fryingpan Island to Turning Island _______________________________ 8-4
Southern approach to Turning Island ______________________________ 8-4
South Channel ___________________________________________________ 8-4
Round Island to Flossie Island ___________________________________ 8-4
Alternate routes ______________________________________________ 8-5
Flossie Island to Leisur Lee Point ________________________________ 8-5
Leisur Lee Point to Rose Point___________________________________ 8-6
Southwest Approach to Parry Sound _________________________________ 8-7
Turning Island to Iron Rock _____________________________________ 8-7
CHAPTER 9 Inshore Route — Parry Sound to Byng Inlet
General _________________________________________________________ 9-1
Carling Rock to Twin Sisters Island__________________________________ 9-1
Alternate routes ______________________________________________ 9-2
Carling Rock to Snug Island______