CHS SDIR PAC 202 Discovery Passage to Queen Charlotte 2025/12
CHS Sailing Direction PAC 202 Discovery Passage to Queen Charlotte Strait and West Coast of Vancouver Island
The Sailing Directions booklets are an indispensable companion to nautical charts. They are a great tool for planning and assisting in navigation because they provide information that cannot be shown on a chart.
Author: CHS
Date: 2025
Format: Comb Bound Booklet
Number of Pages:182
CHAPTER 1 Discovery Passage, Johnstone Strait, and Broughton Strait
General ___________________________________________________ 1-1
Discovery Passage____________________________________________ 1-1
Discovery Passage — South Entrance __________________________ 1-4
Campbell River __________________________________________ 1-4
Quathiaski Cove _________________________________________ 1-6
Gowlland Harbour________________________________________ 1-6
Duncan Bay ____________________________________________ 1-6
Menzies Bay and Approach _________________________________ 1-7
Seymour Narrows ________________________________________ 1-8
Discovery Passage — North Part _____________________________ 1-9
Johnstone Strait ____________________________________________ 1-10
Chatham Point to Tyee Point________________________________ 1-11
Race and Current Passages _________________________________ 1-12
Salmon Bay to Port Neville ________________________________ 1-13
Blenkinsop Bay to Swaine Point _____________________________ 1-15
Swaine Point to Blinkhorn Peninsula__________________________ 1-16
Broughton Strait ___________________________________________ 1-16
Main Shipping Channel ___________________________________ 1-16
Beaver Cove ___________________________________________ 1-18
Alert Bay _____________________________________________ 1-18
Port McNeill ___________________________________________ 1-20
Blackney Passage and Blackfish Sound ___________________________ 1-21
Weynton Passage ___________________________________________ 1-21
Cormorant Channel _________________________________________ 1-22
CHAPTER 2 Queen Charlotte Strait
General ___________________________________________________ 2-1
Queen Charlotte Strait — Western Part ___________________________ 2-2
NE Broughton Strait to Goletas Channel ________________________ 2-2
Hardy Bay _____________________________________________ 2-3
Port Hardy _____________________________________________ 2-3
Goletas Channel _________________________________________ 2-5
Christie Passage _________________________________________ 2-7
Port Alexander and Browning Passage__________________________ 2-7
Bate Passage ____________________________________________ 2-7
Shadwell Passage ________________________________________ 2-8
Queen Charlotte Strait — Central Part ___________________________ 2-8
George Passage __________________________________________ 2-8
Gordon Channel _________________________________________ 2-8
Shelter Passage __________________________________________ 2-9
Bolivar Passage_________________________________________ 2-10
Queen Charlotte Strait — Eastern Part __________________________ 2-10
Salmon Channel to Cape Caution and SE Queen Charlotte Sound _____ 2-10
Salmon Channel ________________________________________ 2-10
Nowell Channel_________________________________________ 2-10
Labouchere Passage______________________________________ 2-10
Ripple Passage _________________________________________ 2-11
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Europa Passage _________________________________________ 2-12
Richards Channel _______________________________________ 2-12
CHAPTER 3 Mainland Inlets — Nodales Channel to Drury Inlet
General ___________________________________________________ 3-1
Nodales Channel_____________________________________________ 3-2
Cordero Channel West ________________________________________ 3-2
Mayne Passage ______________________________________________ 3-3
Chancellor Channel __________________________________________ 3-4
Loughborough Inlet __________________________________________ 3-4
Wellbore Channel____________________________________________ 3-4
Sunderland Channel__________________________________________ 3-5
Havannah Channel___________________________________________ 3-6
Port Harvey_____________________________________________ 3-6
Call Inlet_______________________________________________ 3-6
Chatham Channel ___________________________________________ 3-6
Clio Channel _______________________________________________ 3-7
Baronet Passage _____________________________________________ 3-7
Beware Passage _____________________________________________ 3-8
Knight Inlet and Approaches ___________________________________ 3-8
Knight Inlet West and North Approaches ________________________ 3-8
Knight Inlet ________________________________________________ 3-9
Tribune Channel ___________________________________________ 3-10
Tribune Channel Approaches from West and SW _________________ 3-11
Kingcome Inlet Approach_____________________________________ 3-11
Kingcome Inlet_____________________________________________ 3-11
Fife Sound ________________________________________________ 3-12
Passages South of Eden Island ______________________________ 3-13
Arrow Passage and SW Approach ____________________________ 3-13
Retreat and Cramer Passages _______________________________ 3-13
Wells Passage ______________________________________________ 3-14
Carter Passage _____________________________________________ 3-15
Greenway Sound ___________________________________________ 3-15
Sutlej Channel _____________________________________________ 3-15
Grappler Sound ____________________________________________ 3-15
Nepah Lagoon__________________________________________ 3-15
Kenneth Passage ________________________________________ 3-16
Mackenzie Sound _______________________________________ 3-16
Hopetown Passage_______________________________________ 3-16
Dunsany Passage________________________________________ 3-16
Drury Inlet ____________________________________________ 3-16
Actaeon Sound _________________________________________ 3-17
CHAPTER 4 Slingsby Channel and Seymour and Belize Inlets
General ___________________________________________________ 4-1
Slingsby Channel and Approaches _______________________________ 4-1
Nakwakto Rapids ________________________________________ 4-2
Seymour Inlet_______________________________________________ 4-3
Seymour Inlet West _______________________________________ 4-3
Seymour Inlet East _______________________________________ 4-4
Frederick Sound _________________________________________ 4-5
Nugent Sound_______________________________________________ 4-5
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Belize Inlet _________________________________________________ 4-5
Mereworth Sound ________________________________________ 4-6
Alison Sound ___________________________________________ 4-6
CHAPTER 5 West Coast Vancouver Island — Cape Beale to Estevan Point
General ___________________________________________________ 5-1
Barkley Sound ______________________________________________ 5-2
Trevor Channel __________________________________________ 5-3
Cape Beale to Nanat Islet ___________________________________ 5-3
Robbers Passage to Mutine Point _____________________________ 5-4
Bamfield Inlet_______________________________________________ 5-5
Bamfield_______________________________________________ 5-6
Grappler Inlet ______________________________________________ 5-7
Alberni Inlet________________________________________________ 5-7
Chup Point to Ritherdon Bay ___________________________________ 5-8
Uchucklesit Inlet_____________________________________________ 5-8
Limestone Island to Stamp Narrows ___________________________ 5-8
Port Alberni ________________________________________________ 5-9
Imperial Eagle Channel ______________________________________ 5-12
Entrance to Imperial Eagle Channel __________________________ 5-12
Imperial Eagle Channel — East Channels ______________________ 5-12
Junction Passage ________________________________________ 5-13
Imperial Eagle Channel — North End _________________________ 5-13
Useless Inlet and Fatty Basin _______________________________ 5-13
Effingham Inlet _________________________________________ 5-14
Minor Channels Leading NW Through the Broken Group
from Imperial Eagle Channel _______________________________ 5-14
Coaster Channel and Thiepval Channel ________________________ 5-14
Harbour Entrance _______________________________________ 5-15
Peacock Channel ________________________________________ 5-15
Sechart Channel ________________________________________ 5-15
Loudoun Channel, David Channel, and Waters North _______________ 5-16
Loudon Channel ________________________________________ 5-16
David Channel _________________________________________ 5-16
Toquaht Bay ___________________________________________ 5-16
Pipestem Inlet __________________________________________ 5-17
Newcombe Channel______________________________________ 5-17
Macoah Passage ________________________________________ 5-17
Ucluelet Inlet Approaches with Waters Leading Northeast ____________ 5-17
Felice Channel _________________________________________ 5-17
Alpha Passage and Carolina Channel__________________________ 5-17
Ucluelet Inlet __________________________________________ 5-18
Ucluelet ______________________________________________ 5-19
Amphitrite Point to Cox Point _________________________________ 5-20
Clayoquot Sound ___________________________________________ 5-21
Approaches to Tofino_____________________________________ 5-21
Templar Channel ________________________________________ 5-21
Duffin Passage _________________________________________ 5-22
Tofino________________________________________________ 5-22
Van Nevel Channel ______________________________________ 5-23
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Father Charles Channel, Maurus Channel, Heynen Channel,
and Lemmens Inlet _______________________________________ 5-24
Father Charles Channel ___________________________________ 5-24
Maurus Channel ________________________________________ 5-24
Heynen Channel ________________________________________ 5-24
Lemmens Inlet _________________________________________ 5-25
Browning Passage, Tofino Inlet, Tranquil Inlet, and Fortune Channel____ 5-25
Browning Passage _______________________________________ 5-25
Tofino Inlet ____________________________________________ 5-26
Tranquil Inlet __________________________________________ 5-26
Fortune Channel ________________________________________ 5-26
Brabant Channel, Calmus Passage, and Bedwell Sound ______________ 5-27
Brabant Channel ________________________________________ 5-27
Calmus Passage_________________________________________ 5-27
Bedwell Sound _________________________________________ 5-27
Russell Channel, Millar Channel, Herbert Inlet, and Nearby Waters ____ 5-28
Russell Channel_________________________________________ 5-28
Millar Channel _________________________________________ 5-28
Matilda Inlet and Ahousat__________________________________ 5-29
Hayden Passage_________________________________________ 5-29
Sulphur Passage ________________________________________ 5-29
Herbert Inlet ___________________________________________ 5-30
Sydney Inlet and Shelte
