CHS SDIR PAC 206 Hecate Strait, Dixon Entrance, Portland Inlet 2023/05

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CHS Sailing Directions PAC 206 Hecate Strait, Dixon Entrance, Portland Inlet and Adjacent Waters and Haida Gwaii 

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: 155

CHAPTER 1 Hecate Strait, East Shore and Channels leading to the Inner Passage
General _________________________________________________________ 1-1
Hecate Strait _____________________________________________________ 1-1
Aristazabal Island — West Coast ____________________________________ 1-3
Caamaño Sound __________________________________________________ 1-7
Estevan Group — West Coast_______________________________________ 1-9
Otter Passage ____________________________________________________ 1-9
Banks Island — West Coast _______________________________________ 1-10
Browning Entrance ______________________________________________ 1-13
Freeman Passage and Approach____________________________________ 1-16
Kitkatla Channel and Gasboat Passage ______________________________ 1-17
Kitkatla Inlet____________________________________________________ 1-18
Porcher Inlet ____________________________________________________ 1-18
Laredo Sound ___________________________________________________ 1-22
Meyers Passage__________________________________________________ 1-24
Laredo Inlet ____________________________________________________ 1-25
Laredo Channel _________________________________________________ 1-27
Surf Inlet _______________________________________________________ 1-30
Campania Sound ________________________________________________ 1-31
Casanave Passage________________________________________________ 1-32
Whale Channel __________________________________________________ 1-32
Squally Channel _________________________________________________ 1-33
Lewis and Cridge Passages ________________________________________ 1-33
Tuwartz Inlet, Union Passage and Approaches ________________________ 1-34
Estevan Sound __________________________________________________ 1-35
Devlin Bay and Langley Passage ___________________________________ 1-37
Nepean Sound___________________________________________________ 1-38
Otter Channel___________________________________________________ 1-38
Principe Channel ________________________________________________ 1-39
Petrel Channel __________________________________________________ 1-43
Ogden Channel__________________________________________________ 1-44
CHAPTER 2 Dixon Entrance, Portland Inlet and Adjacent Channels
General _________________________________________________________ 2-1
Dixon Entrance___________________________________________________ 2-1
Parry Passage and Approaches______________________________________ 2-8
Virago Sound ___________________________________________________ 2-10
Masset Harbour and Approaches ___________________________________ 2-12
Masset Sound ___________________________________________________ 2-13
Masset Inlet_____________________________________________________ 2-14
Work Channel and Union Inlet_____________________________________ 2-16
Portland Inlet ___________________________________________________ 2-18
Nass Bay _______________________________________________________ 2-19
Observatory Inlet ________________________________________________ 2-21
Alice Arm ______________________________________________________ 2-22
Hastings Arm ___________________________________________________ 2-23
Tongass Passage _________________________________________________ 2-24
IV
Pearse Canal ____________________________________________________ 2-25
Portland Canal __________________________________________________ 2-26
CHAPTER 3 Haida Gwaii — East Coast
Haida Gwaii _____________________________________________________ 3-1
Kunghit Island — East Side________________________________________ 3-2
Moresby Island — East Side _______________________________________ 3-4
Skincuttle Inlet and Approaches_____________________________________ 3-6
Burnaby Strait ___________________________________________________ 3-8
Burnaby Island — East Side _______________________________________ 3-9
Juan Perez Sound_________________________________________________ 3-9
Darwin Sound___________________________________________________ 3-13
Lyell Island — East Side__________________________________________ 3-14
Laskeek Bay ____________________________________________________ 3-15
Selwyn Inlet_____________________________________________________ 3-18
Cumshewa Inlet and Approach_____________________________________ 3-21
Cumshewa Inlet to Spit Point ______________________________________ 3-23
Skidegate Inlet __________________________________________________ 3-24
Skidegate Channel and Approach __________________________________ 3-28
Skidegate Inlet to Rose Point ______________________________________ 3-30
CHAPTER 4 Haida Gwaii — West Coast
General _________________________________________________________ 4-1
Kunghit Island — West side________________________________________ 4-3
Houston Stewart Channel __________________________________________ 4-4
Louscoone Inlet___________________________________________________ 4-5
Flamingo Inlet____________________________________________________ 4-6
Tasu Sound ______________________________________________________ 4-9
Englefield Bay___________________________________________________ 4-11
Cartwright Sound________________________________________________ 4-13
Rennell Sound___________________________________________________ 4-14
Seal and Tartu Inlets _____________________________________________ 4-15
Hippa Island — Hippa Passage ____________________________________ 4-15
Athlow Bay _____________________________________________________ 4-16
Port Louis ______________________________________________________ 4-17
Otard Bay and Approaches________________________________________ 4-18
Tian Head to Cape Knox __________________________________________ 4-18