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Small craft harbours
About small craft harbours and harbour authorities, lists and maps.
Navigation and marine conditions
Navigation by region, communications and traffic systems, nautical charts, weather reports, icebreaking, navigation aids.
Lighthouses
Purpose and uses, heritage structures and map of historic lighthouses from coast to coast.
Search and rescue
Incident reporting, beacon registration and what we're doing.
Marine safety
Canada’s marine safety system on the East and West coasts, including response to ship-source oil spills.
Features
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Canada has the world's longest coastline, and our water is one of our most important resources.
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Access table, graphic and text formats for over 700 stations in Canada to navigate our waters safely.
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Discover free, downloadable sailing directions or purchase the booklet as an indispensable companion to nautical charts before sailing.
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