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Units of measurement on Canadian charts - Caution

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Mike Grasley
Waterdown, ON, Canada
Bareboat Charter Master Level IV
Status: Big Time Sailor
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Units of measurement on Canadian charts - Caution
Posted 2021, Feb 12 22:43
A particular caution for anyone using Canadian charts. Depth measurements especially. Canadian Hydrographic Services uses feet, meters, and fathoms on their charts. I have a Western Lake Ontario chart that is in fathoms, and a detailed chart just for Burlington Bay (which shows a portion of the lake that is also on the Western Lake Ontario chart) that is in meters. They seem to be tending towards meters on the more recently published charts, but not always. So look carefully!
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