PUB. 154 SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) ★ BRITISH COLUMBIA ★ Prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Bethesda, Maryland © COPYRIGHT 2007 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C. 2007 TENTH EDITION For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: http://bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; DC area (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 Preface 0.0 Pub. 154, Sailing Directions (Enroute) British Columbia, 0.0NGA Maritime Domain Website Tenth Edition, 2007, is issued for use in conjunction with Pub. http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/maritime 120, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) Pacific Ocean and 0.0 Southeast Asia. Companion volumes are Pubs. 153, 155, 157, 0.0 Courses.—Courses are true, and are expressed in the same 158, and 159. manner as bearings. The directives “steer” and “make good” a 0.0 Digital Nautical Chart 26 provides electronic chart coverage course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of for the area covered by this publication. origin along a track having the identical meridianal angle as the 0.0 This publication has been corrected to 21 July 2007, includ- designated course. Vessels following the directives must allow ing Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 2007. for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track, and navigate so that the designated course is continuously Explanatory Remarks being made good. 0.0 Currents.—Current directions are the true directions toward 0.0 Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- which currents set. Intelligence Agency (NGA), under the authority of Department 0.0 Dangers.—As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, and inner dangers which are well-charted are, for the most part, pursuant to the authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10, omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped together, are Sections 2791 and 2792 and Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coastal Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the passage or fairway are described. world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically 0.0 Distances.—Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1 on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed 0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and in meters, or tenths of miles. port approach information which supplements the largest scale 0.0 Geographic Names.—Geographic names are generally chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence those used by the nation having sovereignty. Names in paren- Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas theses following another name are alternate names that may called “Sectors.” appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted 0.0 Bearings.—Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees only in the principal description of the place. Diacritical marks, from 000° (north) to 360°, measured clockwise. General such as accents, cedillas, and circumflexes, which are related to bearings are expressed by initial letters of points of the com- specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in the pass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb endings interest of typographical simplicity. Geographic names or their have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of the political degrees are used. status of an area by the United States Government. 0.0 Charts.—Reference to charts made throughout this publi- 0.0 Heights.—Heights are referred to the plane of reference cation refer to both the paper chart and the Digital Nautical used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters. Chart (DNC). 0.0 Index-Gazetteer.—Navigational features and place-names 0.0 Coastal Features.—It is assumed that the majority of ships are listed alphabetically in the back of the book. The approxi- have radar. Available coastal descriptions and views, useful for mate position, along with the Sector and paragraph numbers radar and visual piloting are included in geographic sequence (e.g. 1.1), facilitate location in the text. in each Sector. 0.0 Internet Links.—This publication provides internet links to 0.0 Corrective Information.—Users should refer corrections, web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ- additions, and comments to NGA’s Maritime Operations Desk, ing but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hy- as follows: drographic Offices, and foreign public/private port facilities. 0.0 1. Toll free: 1-800-362-6289 NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning the 0.0 2. Commercial: 301-227-3147 accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the web 0.0 3. DSN: 287-3147 sites and expressly disclaims any liability for errors and omis- 0.0 4. DNC web site: http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/dnc sions of these web sites. 0.0 5. Maritime Divi- 0.0 Light and Fog Signals.—Lights and fog signals are not de- 0.0 sion web site: http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/mari scribed, and light sectors are not usually defined. The Light 0.0 time Lists should be consulted for complete information. 0.0 6. E-mail: [email protected] 0.0 Ports.—Directions for entering ports are depicted where 0.0 7. Mailing address: Maritime Domain appropriate by means of chartlets, sketches, and photos, which 0.0 National Geospatial-Intelligence facilitate positive identification of landmarks and navigational 0.0 Agency aids. These chartlets and sketches are not always to scale, how- Mail Stop D-44 ever, and should be used only as a general informational guide 0.0 4600 Sangamore Road in conjunction with the best scale chart. Specific port facilities 0.0 Bethesda MD 20816-5003 are omitted from the standard format. They are tabulated in 0.0 New editions of Sailing Directions are corrected through the Pub. 150, World Port Index. date of the publication shown above. Important information to 0.0 Radio Navigational Aids.—Radio navigational aids are not amend material in the publication is available as a Publication described in detail. Publication No. 117 Radio Navigational Digital Update (PDU) from the NGA Maritime Domain web- Aids and NOAA Publication, Selected Worldwide Marine site. Broadcasts, should be consulted. Pub. 154 III 0.0 Soundings.—Soundings are referred to the datum of the 0.0 Various port handbooks. charts and are expressed in meters. 0.0 Special Warnings.—A Special Warning may be in force for 0.0 Reports from United States Naval and merchant vessels and the geographic area covered by this publication. Special various shipping companies. Warnings are printed in the weekly Notice to Mariners upon 0.0 Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu- promulgation and are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners ments. No. 1. A listing of Special Warnings currently in force is 0.0 Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu- printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III, Broad- ments in possession of the Agency. cast Warnings, along with the notice number of promulgation. Special Warnings are also available on the Maritime Division 0.0 Internet Web sites, as follows: website. 0.0 1. Fraser Port Authority 0.0 Wind Directions.—Wind directions are the true directions 0.0 http://www.fraserportauthority.com from which winds blow. 0.0 2. Lighthouses of British Columbia 0.0 http://fogwhistle.ca/bclights Reference List 0.0 3. Nanaimo Port Authority 0.0 http://www.npa.ca 0.0 The principal sources examined in the preparation of this 0.0 4. Port Alberni Port Authority publication were: 0.0 http://www.alberni.net/harbor-havre 0.0 British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions. 0.0 5. Prince Rupert Port (The New World Port) 0.0 Canadian Sailing Directions. 0.0 http://www.rupertport.com/home.html IV Pub. 154 Contents Preface. III Index—Gazetteer . V Chartlet—Sector Limits . VII Conversion Tables. VIII Sailing Directions Information and Suggestion Sheet . X Abbreviations . XI Sector 1 The Strait of Juan de Fuca . 1 Sector 2 Haro Strait and Adjacent Channels . 15 Sector 3 The Strait of Georgia—South Part . 27 Sector 4 The Gulf Islands . 53 Sector 5 The Strait of Georgia—Central Part and Head . 69 Sector 6 Desolation Sound . 83 Sector 7 Discovery Passage—Cape Mudge to Malcolm Island . 93 Sector 8 Queen Charlotte Strait . 107 Sector 9 Vancouver Island—Cape Beale to Estevan Point . 127 Sector 10 Vancouver Island—Estevan Point to Triangle Island . 143 Sector 11 The Inner Passage—Cape Caution to Cape Mark . 161 Sector 12 The Inner Passage—Milbanke Sound to the Skeena River . 179 Sector 13 Chatham Sound—Hecate Strait to Dixon Entrance . 197 Sector 14 Hecate Strait—East Side . 221 Pub. 154 V Contents Sector 15 The Queen Charlotte Islands—East Coast . 239 Sector 16 The Queen Charlotte Islands—West Coast . 257 Sector 17 Dixon Entrance . 271 VI Pub. 154 0.0SECTOR LIMITS — PUB. 154 Pub. 154 VII Conversion Tables Feet to Meters Feet0123456789 0 0.00 0.30 0.61 0.91 1.22 1.52 1.83 2.13 2.44 2.74 10 3.05 3.35 3.66 3.96 4.27 4.57 4.88 5.18 5.49 5.79 20 6.10 6.40 6.71 7.01 7.32 7.62 7.92 8.23 8.53 8.84 30 9.14 9.45 9.75 10.06 10.36 10.67 10.97 11.28 11.58 11.89 40 12.19 12.50 12.80 13.11 13.41 13.72 14.02 14.33 14.63 14.93 50 15.24 15.54 15.85 16.15 16.46 16.76 17.07 17.37 17.68 17.98 60 18.29 18.59 18.90 19.20 19.51 19.81 20.12 20.42