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CoUNITEDas STATESt Pilot® Great Lakes: Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Superior and St. Lawrence River 2019 (49th) Edition This edition cancels the 48th Edition and includes all previously published corrections. Weekly updates to this edition are available at nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html They are also published in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) U.S. Notice to Mariners. U.S. Department of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RDML Timothy Gallaudet, Ph.D., USN Ret., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere National Ocean Service Nicole R. LeBoeuf, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management II U.S. Coast Pilot 6 Pilot Coast U.S. 90° 88° 86° 84° 82° 80° 78° 76° 74° 72° Coast Pilot 6 – Chapter Index Chapter 4 – St. Lawrence River Above St. Regis 48° Chapter 5 – Lake Ontario Chapter 6 – Lake Erie MINNESOTA Chapter 7 – Detroit River LAKE SUPERIOR Chapter 8 – Lake St. Clair 13 Chapter 9 – St. Clair River Duluth ONTARIO Chapter 10 – Lake Huron Chapter 11 – Lake Michigan Ashland Sault St. Marie Chapter 12 – St. Marys River Chapter 13 – Lake Superior Marquette 12 46° Chapter 14 – Hudson River, New York Canals and Lake Champlain Montreal G E L O A R K G 4 I E A N R H E B V A I N U R Y E A C R N E G O R W I A N L . Green Bay H T S WISCONSIN C I 10 NEW Y ORK 44° M E K LAKE ONTARIO 5 A Toronto L Muskegon Bay City Milwaukee Syracuse Bu alo MICHIGAN 8 9 14 Detroit 11 LAKE ERIE 42° 7 Erie Chicago 6 P ENNSYLV ANIA Toledo Cleveland New York City 12 JAN2020 ILLINOIS INDIANA OHIO 12 JAN 2020 ¢ Preface III Preface he United States Coast Pilot is published by the National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric TAdministration (NOAA), pursuant to the Act of 6 August 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a and b), and the Act of 22 October 1968 (44 U.S.C. 1310). The Coast Pilot supplements the navigational information shown on NOAA nautical charts. The publication is continually updated and maintained from inspections conducted by NOAA survey vessels and fi eld parties, corrections published in Notices to Mariners, information from other Federal agencies, State and local governments, maritime and pilots’ associations, port authorities, and concerned mariners. NOAA’s Offi ce of Coast Survey encourages public feedback regarding its suite of nautical charting products and services through ASSIST, Coast Survey’s stakeholder engagement and feedback tool. This allows customers to submit questions or comments or to report an error with NOAA’s nautical charts and products. Customers can access ASSIST at www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/customer-service/assist/ Those who prefer to communicate by telephone can contact Coast Survey at 1–888–990–6622. Note that Appendix B in this and all other volumes of the Coast Pilot contain the amalgamation of the International (72 COLREGS) and Inland Navigation Rules, and their Annexes. The Associated Federal rules and regulations are located in chapter 2 of each Coast Pilot. Coast Pilot Updates Check for weekly critical updates for this edition at nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html (See 33 CFR 164.33 Charts and Publications, chapter 2, for regulations.) Customers may print the specifi cally aff ected paragraphs to revise this book, or download an updated fi le (PDF) of the entire volume. A Weekly Record of Updates is provided directly preceding the index. IV ¢ U.S. Coast Pilot 6 12 JAN 2020 12 JAN 2020 Contents V Contents Preface �� � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � III Chapter 1: General Information ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 1 Chapter 2: Navigation Regulations ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 35 Chapter 3: The Great Lakes �� � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 163 Chapter 4: St� Lawrence River Above St� Regis �� � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 175 Chapter 5: Lake Ontario �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 191 Chapter 6: Lake Erie � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 215 Chapter 7: Detroit River �� � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 265 Chapter 8: Lake St� Clair �� � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 281 Chapter 9: St� Clair River� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � � 291 Chapter 10: Lake Huron �� � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 301 Chapter 11: Lake Michigan ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 333 Chapter 12: St� Marys River �� � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 425 Chapter 13: Lake Superior� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � 437 Chapter 14: Hudson River, New York Canals, and Lake Champlain ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 471 Appendix A ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 479 Appendix B ���� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 487 Weekly Record of Updates� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ���� � � � � � � � � � 513 Index �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 517 VI Contents 12 JAN 2020 12 JAN 2020 U.S. Coast Pilot 6, Chapter 1 ¢ 1 General Information (1) charts used in the area to be discussed. In these chapters, as UNITED STATES COAST PILOT® much as possible, the coastal description is in geographic sequence, north to south on the east coast, east to west on (2) The United States Coast Pilot, published by the the gulf coast, clockwise around each of the Great Lakes National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and south to north on the west coast and Alaskan coast. (NOAA), is a series of nine nautical books (volumes) Features are described as they appear on the largest scale that encompasses a wide variety of information important chart, with that chart number prominently shown in blue. to navigators of U.S. coastal/intracoastal waters and the (11) Appendix A contains contact information regarding waters of the Great Lakes. The Coast Pilot is intended to the various products, services and agencies detailed be used as a supplement to NOAA nautical charts. Much throughout the volume. of the content cannot be shown graphically on the charts (12) Appendix B contains the International (72 and is not readily available elsewhere. Topics which are COLREGS) and Inland Navigation Rules, their Annexes, covered include environmental factors of weather, climate, and associated Federal rules and regulations. ice conditions, tides, water levels, currents, prominent (13) The Weekly Record of Updates is intended as a log coastal features and landmarks. Specific information for critical updates applied to this volume. on vertical clearances, wharf descriptions, small-craft (14) The Index contains geographic names mentioned facilities, hazards, dredged channels and depths are also throughout a Coast Pilot volume. These names are provided. Navigation services and regulations are also boldfaced and indexed along with the number of the identified including pilotage, towing, anchorages, routes largest scale chart on which the entire feature appears. and traffic separation schemes, environmental protection, Asterisks preceding a chart number in the index of and other Federal laws. Coast Pilot 5 indicate charts published by the National (3) New editions of each volume are issued annually. Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and in the index of Coast Fully updated files are posted weekly on the Internet, and Pilot 6, charts published by the Canadian Hydrographic are also available through NOAA Certified Chart Agents Service. at www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov. (15) (4) Amendments to this publication are available at Bearings nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index. (16) Bearings and courses are in degrees true and are html. measured clockwise from 000° (north) to 359°. The (5) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) bearings of an aid to navigation (e.g., directional light, U.S. Notice to Mariners: msi.nga.mil light sector, range) are given as viewed from the bridge (6) of a vessel toward the light. Using the Coast Pilot (17) (7) Chapter 1 contains definitions of general and Bridges and Cables standard terms used throughout the volume, discussions (18) Vertical clearances of bridges and overhead cables of NOAA charting products and services, descriptions of are in feet above mean high water unless otherwise stated; maritime services by various U.S. Government agencies, clearances in Coast Pilot 6 are in feet above Low Water Notices to Mariners and other information pertinent to Datum unless