Canadian Coast Guard Navigation Lights

List of lights buoys and fog signals 4 volumes the html and pdf versions of the list of lights publication are updated up to the latest version of the monthly notices to mariners.

Canadian coast guard navigation lights.

Canadian coast guard ship conception bay 2020 09 14 backgrounder. Contains information published by the canadian coast guard and department of fisheries and oceans licensed under the canadian coast. Navigation data for major rivers and other waterways and water levels and resources across canada. Atmospheric conditions can have a considerable effect on light transmission and the visibility of lights.

The canadian coast guard is pleased to release the 2011 edition of the. The canadian coast guard ccg. Garde côtière canadienne gcc is the coast guard of canada formed in 1962 the coast guard is tasked with marine search and rescue communication navigation and transportation issues in canadian waters such as navigation aids and icebreaking marine pollution response and providing support for other canadian government initiatives. List of lights buoys and fog signals.

Aids to navigation such as buoys lights fog signals notices and global positioning system stations. The buoy light characteristics for all buoys in the canadian aids to navigation. Aids to navigation such as buoys lights fog signals notices and global positioning system stations. The canadian coast guard ccg maintains a fleet of sea and lake going vessels hovercraft and aircraft the variety of equipment allows the ccg to perform its mandated functions of navaids and sea going transportation management search and rescue marine pollution response and the support of other canadian federal authorities.

Latest corrections appear in blue with an asterisk. Red and green lights for the lateral buoys white lights for the cardinal isolated danger and safe water buoys and yellow lights for special buoys. Please refer to canadian coast guard website for more information. Report a nautical hazard or emergency to the canadian coast guard.

Lights of different colours are used to assist recognition of the marks in the canadian aids to navigation system. Buoys and fog signals publications identify which aids to navigation are equipped with emergency lights. All other lights under the control of the canadian coast guard are maintained in operation whenever navigation in the vicinity is open. Enhancing the canadian coast guard s emergency response capacity on the northeast coast of newfoundland and labrador.

Fee information for commercial ships paying for certain canadian coast guard services. Lights used solely as harbour lights are not exhibited when the harbour is closed although general navigation may remain open.