5406 - Cape Tatnam to Port Nelson Marine Chart

The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) Chart 5406 is an official, high-precision marine navigation chart designed for commercial shipping fleets, industrial supply vessels, and regional mariners operating along the southwestern shores of Hudson Bay.Published at a regional scale of 1:127,000, this authoritative nautical asset provides essential "ground-truth" coastal data required for safe offshore transit, passage planning, and coastal routing from Cape Tatnam northwestward across the Nelson River estuary to Port Nelson and the approaches to Churchill, Manitoba.

Key Features & Hydrographic Data Included:

• Comprehensive Coastal Transit Mapping: Delivers continuous, high-definition charting along Manitoba's subarctic Hudson Bay coastline, mapping complex estuarine conditions and shifting coastal flats.

• Official Bathymetric & Seafloor Data: Packed with precise depth soundings, undersea contour lines, low-tide shoal locations, and subarctic marine hazards essential for maintaining safe draft clearance off shallow shorelines.

• Essential Aids to Navigation: Explicitly details official maritime buoys, coastal light stations, daybeacons, and prominent shoreline topography to ensure high-visibility situational awareness during low-light subarctic transits or heavy fog.

• Premium Multi-Light Legibility: Printed with vibrant, high-contrast marine inks specifically engineered to maintain absolute clarity under direct pilothouse sunlight or dim red-light night-deck setups.

• Legal Vessel Compliance: Fully satisfies international SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) carriage regulations and Canada Shipping Act mandates for commercial and recreational vessels requiring official hydrographic documentation.