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Fisheries and Oceans Pêches et Océans Canada Canada Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 05/2021 ATL 111 THIRD EDITION St. Lawrence River Île Verte to Québec and Fjord du Saguenay Sailing Directions Pictograph legend Anchorage Wharf Marina Current Caution Light Radio calling-in point Lifesaving station Pilotage Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue Laurentian Region 1-800-463-4393 Boating Safety Infoline 1-800-267-6687 Department of Fisheries and Oceans information line 1-613-993-0999 Cover photograph Chateau Frontenac B O O K L E T A T L 1 1 1 Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 05/2021 Sailing Directions St. Lawrence River Île Verte to Québec and Fjord du Saguenay Third Edition 2007 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Users of this publication are requested to forward information regarding newly discovered dangers, changes in aids to navigation, the existence of new shoals or channels, printing errors, or other information that would be useful for the correction of nautical charts and hydrographic publications affecting Canadian waters to: Director General Canadian Hydrographic Service Fisheries and Oceans Canada Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E6 The Canadian Hydrographic Service produces and distributes Nautical Charts, Sailing Directions, Small Craft Guides, Canadian Tide and Current Tables and the Atlas of Tidal Currents of the navigable waters of Canada. These publications are available from authorized Canadian Hydrographic Service Chart Dealers. For information about these publications, please contact: Canadian Hydrographic Service Fisheries and Oceans Canada 200 Kent Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E6 Phone: (613) 998-4931 Toll Free: 1-866-546-3613 Fax: (613) 998-1217 E-mail: [email protected] or visit the CHS web site for dealer location and related information at: www.charts.gc.ca © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2007 Catalogue No. Fs 72-3/18-2007E ISBN 978-0-660-19728-9 Ottawa, 2007 (Aussi disponible en français) II his is a corrected reprint of the 2007 edition of this booklet. As such, all Notices to Mariners up to and including the Monthly Edition shown in the table below have been incorporated Tin this reprint. This booklet should be kept up-to-date by applying corrections published in Section 4 of the monthly Canadian Notices to Mariners at: http://www.notmar.gc.ca. This booklet should not be used without reference to the pertinent corrections in Notices to Mariners. Record of corrections to this Sailing Directions booklet from monthly Notices to Mariners. CORRECTIONS N/M No. nserted by N/M No. nserted by N/M No. nserted by N/M No. nserted by N/M No. nserted by 05/2021 III Preface ____________________________________________________ VI Explanatory notes ____________________________________________ VII Abbreviations ________________________________________________ IX CHAPTER 1 Cap de Bon-Désir to Cap Brûlé through Chenal du Nord General ___________________________________________________ 1-1 Limits • Coast • Main shipping channel • Risks of collision • Calling-in-points • Current and tidal streams • Saguenay—St. Lawrence Marine Park • Anchorage • Ice • Search and Rescue Cap de Bon-Désir to Cap de la Tête au Chien _______________________ 1-3 Cap de la Tête au Chien to Cap aux Oies __________________________ 1-7 Port of Pointe-au-Pic _________________________________________ 1-9 Cap aux Oies to Sault-au-Cochon _______________________________ 1-10 Île aux Coudres _________________________________________ 1-11 Sault-au-Cochon to Cap Brûlé _________________________________ 1-13 CHAPTER 2 Cap Brûlé to Québec General ___________________________________________________ 2-1 Limits • Coast • Main shipping channel • Risk of collision • Calling-in-points • Tide and tidal streams • Anchorage • Ice Cap Brûlé to Sainte-Pétronille via the main shipping channel ___________ 2-3 Chenal de l’Île d’Orléans ______________________________________ 2-6 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE Port of Québec ______________________________________________ 2-7 Search and Rescue • Main shipping channel in Port of Québec • Bassin Louise • Petroleum Terminal • Port Services and Facilities CHAPTER 3 Île Verte to Pointe de Saint-Vallier through Chenal du Sud General ___________________________________________________ 3-1 Limits • Coast • Secondary shipping route • Calling-in-points • Tidal streams • Anchorage • Ice • Search and Rescue Île Verte to Pointe aux Orignaux _________________________________ 3-3 Port of Gros-Cacouna _________________________________________ 3-5 Pointe aux Orignaux to Pointe de Saint-Vallier ______________________ 3-9 CHAPTER 4 Fjord du Saguenay — Tadoussac to Chicoutimi General ___________________________________________________ 4-1 Limits • Coast • Main Shipping Channel • Risk of Collision • Calling-in-points • Tide and Tidal Streams • Saguenay—St. Lawrence Marine Park • Anchorage • Ice • Search and Rescue • Magnetic Disturbances Tadoussac to Cap à l’Est _______________________________________ 4-3 Baie des Ha! Ha! _____________________________________________ 4-7 Cap à l’Est to Chicoutimi _____________________________________ 4-10 Port Saguenay __________________________________________ 4-10 Grande-Anse Marine Terminal • Albert-Maltais Terminal APPENDICES Sail Plan ___________________________________________________ A-1 Saguenay — St. Lawrence Marine Park ___________________________ A-3 Tidal Currents Table _________________________________________ A-6 Upstream Beaumont Cables — Vertical Clearances __________________ A-6 Cap Sainte-Marguerite Cable — Vertical Clearances _________________ A-7 Cables Upstream Pierre-Laporte Bridge — Vertical Clearances _________ A-8 Under-Keel Clearance ________________________________________ A-9 Table of marina facilities______________________________________ A-10 Table of Distances ___________________________________________ A-11 IV Meteorological Table of Québec ________________________________ A-13 DIAGRAMS Grandes-Bergeronnes _________________________________________ 1-4 Bassin Louise ______________________________________________ 2-10 Lévis ____________________________________________________ 2-12 Sillery ____________________________________________________ 2-13 Pont de Québec — Pofile _____________________________________ 2-15 Berthier-sur-Mer ___________________________________________ 3-16 Index ______________________________________________________ I-1 Notes _____________________________________________________ N-1 V he Third Edition of Sailing Directions, ATL 111 — St. Lawrence River, Île Verte to Québec and Fjord du Saguenay, 2007, has been fully updated from Canadian Government and other Tinformation sources. In general, all hydrographic terms used in this booklet are in accordance with the meanings given in the Hydrographic Dictionary (Special Publication No. 32), published by the International Hydrographic Bureau. General information for the Atlantic Coast is given in Sailing Directions, ATL 100 — General Information, Atlantic Coast, 2007. It contains navigational information and a brief description of the main PREFACE port facilities as well as geographic, oceanographic and atmospheric characteristics. Detailed descriptions of geographical areas are given in a series of volumes and booklets. Their limits are printed on the back cover. The appropriate descriptive booklet(s) of Sailing Directions should be consulted in conjunction with ATL 100 — General Information booklet, which provides additional information. Tide, water level and current information has been revised by the Canadian Hydrographic Service. Photographs are supplied by the Canadian Hydrographic Service and the Canadian Coast Guard, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Users’ comments concerning the format, content or any other matter relating to Sailing Directions would be appreciated and should be forwarded to the Director General, Canadian Hydrographic Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0E6. VI anadian Sailing Directions amplify Speeds are expressed in knots; a knot is charted details and provide important 1 nautical mile per hour. Cinformation of interest to navigation Depths, unless otherwise stated, are referred which may not be found on charts or in other marine to chart datum. As depths are liable to change, par- publications. Sailing Directions are intended to be ticularly those in dredged channels and alongside read in conjunction with charts quoted in the text. wharves, it is strongly recommended that these be confirmed by enquiry to the appropriate local Remarks authority. Elevations and vertical clearances are given Buoys are generally described in detail only above Higher High Water, Large Tides; in non-tidal where they have special navigational significance, waters they are referred to chart datum. or where the scale of the chart is too small to clearly show all the details. Heights of objects, as distinct from the eleva- tions, refer to the heights of structures above the Chart references, in italics in the text, nor- ground. mally refer to the largest scale Canadian chart but The List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals num- occasionally a smaller scale chart may be quoted ber is shown in brackets following the navigational where its use is more appropriate. aid (light, leading lights, buoy). The expression Tidal information relating to the vertical mo- “seasonal” indicates that the navigational aid is vements of the water is not given and the Canadian operational for a certain period during the year; Tide and Current Tables should be consulted. Howe- mariners should consult the