Anchorage & Harbour Charts
The chartlets of the Bras d'Or Lakes are new renditions of those published in Cruise Cape Breton, originally prepared by Roy Mac Keen, a founding member and Past Commodore of the Dobson Yacht Club. All are redrawn and updated using computer graphics. They include recent observations and soundings provided by cruisers and information from several sources. These sources include: Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), satellite and aerial imagery, and sonar data. We corrected many mapping and naming errors and revised names of places and geographic features to agree with those given on current CHS charts. Chart maintenance is an on-going process. Many coastal harbours of Cape Breton Island are now included. Cruisers are 'Urged to Use Caution' in using the chartlets. See Disclaimer.


They provide useful information and detail, unavailable in CHS charts, and are intended to be a handy reference at the helm.
An advantage of having the chartlets in a loose-leaf binder instead of a bound guidebook is that they are easily slipped into a plastic, protective sleeve for use on a clip-board at the helm. If water damages it, you've only one page to replace. Also, it is easy to replace a chart when a new version is issued. Some users laminate charts of their favourite areas to make them waterproof.
We invite cruisers and boaters with more up-to-date information, or suggestions to enhance the accuracy or usefulness of these charts, to Contact Us.
Clicking on the title of a chart will bring up the chart and information in PDF-format, suitable for saving, viewing, or printing. The 'Overview' for an area includes the Key Chart.
CHART BOOKS in PDF-format (eBook), as shown by the muli-page PDF symbol, are available for viewing and printing. See Downloads for more information.
We're building photo galleries for these areas. Look for the camera image. If you have some suitable pics, send 'em in!

NOTE: Depths are in FEET, north arrow indicates TRUE NORTH.
See Abbreviations & Symbols.
See notes on Aquaculture Sites.
See notes on Buoyage.
An article of historical interest.

Chedabucto Bay
Chedabucto Bay - OverviewD'Escousse
Bourgeois Inlet
Couteau Inlet
Lennox Passage Bridge
St Peter's Lock Hours
Intercoastal Waterway
Petit-de-Grat Harbour
Pirate Harbour
Lobster Fishing Season LFA 29 & 31A

Eastern Cape Breton
Eastern Cape Breton - OverviewLouisbourg
Main-à-Dieu
Port Morien
Glace Bay
Sydney Harbour
Lobster Fishing Season LFA 27 & LFA 30

St Anns Harbour
St Anns Harbour - OverviewJersey Cove & St Anns Harbour Entrance
Goose Cove & North River
Seal Cove
North Gut & South Gut
Lobster Fishing Season LFA 27

Highlands Coast
Highlands Coast - OverviewNVSPHA
Little River
Ingonish Harbour
Ingonish (MacLeods Point)
Neils Harbour
White Point Harbour
Dingwall Cruisers are advised that boats anchoring in the inner basin of Dingwall Harbour are subject to a $20/night "Berthing Fee".ⓘ
Bay St Lawrence
Pleasant Bay
Lobster Fishing Season LFA 26B & 27

Western Shore
Western Shore - OverviewJudique South (Baxters Cove)
Maryville (Little Judique Ponds)
Little Judique
Murphys Pond (Port Hood)

Mabou
Finlay Point (Mabou Mines)
Inverness (MacIsaac's Pond)
Margaree (Belle Côte)
Grand Étang
Chéticamp
Lobster Fishing Season LFA 26B

St Peters Inlet
St Peters Inlet - OverviewSt Peter's & Canal


St Peter's Lock Hours
St Peters Inlet - Charts A & B
Cape George Harbour
MacNabs Cove
Johnstown Harbour

West Bay
West Bay - OverviewMorrison Harbour (Morrison Head)
Pringle Harbour & MacLeods Pond
Ballams Point (Dundee Resort)
Head of West Bay Cove
Crammond Islands

Ross Pond
Clarke Cove (Marble Mountain)

Malagawatch & Basins
Malagawatch - OverviewLittle Harbour
Malagawatch Hbr & MacReas Cove

McKinnons Harbour
Entrance to North & Denys Basins
Alba & Estmere
Cassells, Crooked, & Wide Cove
North Basin
• Morrison Cove
• Blues Cove (Orangedale)
Denys Basin

East Bay
East Bay - OverviewMacPhersons Pond
Christmas Pond
McPhee Islands
North Side East Bay - Charts A & B

St Patricks Channel
St Patricks Channel - OverviewBaddeck Bay
Baddeck Harbour
Washabuck River & MacIvers Cove
MacNaughtons Cove
Little Narrows
Whycocomagh
Maskells Harbour

St Andrews Channel
St Andrews Channel - OverviewShunacadie & Black Point
Island Point Harbour
Long Island
Georges River
Little Bras d'Or

Great Bras d'Or Channel
Great Bras d'Or - OverviewBig Harbour
Otter Harbour
Seal Island Harbour
Kellys Cove
III - Mira River

Marion Bridge to Albert Bridge — Chart
—Single-page version
Marion Bridge to Albert Bridge — Chart
—Three-page version
Revised: 2022-04-23Register HERE