The GLCC has created a table of distances for the North Channel, but it is not yet converted to web-based format--it's on our to-do list. If you can find a member with a 2-year-old printed edition of the harbor reports, you could copy that table from him/her.

We have never printed the other distance tables since they are available in the US government's Coast Pilot publication, which is available free for download at

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot.php?book=6

I believe (from memory) that the distance tables are in Appendix B.

The Ports books simply re-print the information from the government publication.

Since the government info is not copyrighted, we could provide that to members as well, though we've tended to assume (perhaps incorrectly) that most members carry the Coast Pilot on board.

Ron Dwelle
Log Book Editor

FYI, the publication "Ports: Georgian Bay, the North Channel and Lake Huron" contains port-to-port information on the Canadian side.

An interesting idea. There are a few distances to other harbors posted at the top of each harbor report? I think many of us rely on traditional navigation with paper and electronic charts for plotting and following passages and reserve the harbor reports for making landfall. As you've found with the Lakeland book, it's really not possible to have too many different sources of information!

A very interesting idea about a useful feature. How would you ideally like to see such a port-to-port chart? BTW, you should probably discuss this idea to Ron Dwelle, the GLCC Log Book Editor.

Niels

 Port Captain Niels R. Jensen, S/V Freelance