After March 30, 2007, CHS will be responsible for all Canadian digital charts and data. The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) announced that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) will buy back its rights for the distribution of Canadian electronic charts from Nautical Data International (NDI). (charts.gc.ca | digitalocean.ca | digitalocean.ca Q/A) [ boatinginCanada.com | boating in Canada News & Archives ]

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Great Lakes at Record Low Water Levels
In August, Lake Superior, the largest of the five Great Lakes, set a record for low water levels over the last century, and is heading for a record in September. Water flow out of the lake is also down 30% over averages. Lakes Michigan and Huron are at the level of Chart Datum, below their all-time average levels for this time of year. Lakes St. Clair, Erie and Ontario are below their all-time average levels for this time of year, but above Datum. The water level at Montreal Harbour is below average for this time of year and below Datum. (Kingston, Ontario levels are the lowest we’ve recorded in our log in 21 years – and still dropping.)The Georgian Bay Association is advancing its 2005 theory that excessive dredging near Sarnia and gravel mining many years ago have been the equivalent of pulling a drain plug, now causing loss of 10 billion litres a day, three times more than previously thought.The five Great Lakes form the world’s largest interconnected body of fresh water, containing one-fifth of all the fresh water on Earth. 99% of the lake waters are considered a legacy of the last ice age. Only about 1% is replenished each year through precipitation, which must offset evaporation and water flowing through the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean.[ theGlobeAndMail.com | ToledoBlade.com | Water Level links ] [ boatinginCanada.com | boating in Canada News & Archives ]

Canadian leads “pirates” against Whalers
Protest ships Farley Mowat and the Robert Hunter have been harrassing Japanese whalers in the Ross Sea, south of New Zealand. Both vessels belong to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, led by Canadian activist Paul Watson. Farley Mowat crew attacked a whaling ship with butyric acid (not permanently damaging), hitting two in the face — after the whalers had rescued two of Farley Mowat’s crewmembers from an iceberg. Similarly, a week ago, protestors in dinghies confronted the Japanese whaler Nisshin Maru, and one Zodiac got lost. The Japanese whalers answered the distress call, helping with a grid search, and the two men were rescued. Crewmembers from the Farley Mowat resumed their antics, tossing butyric acid and a smoke bomb onto the Nisshin Maru’s deck.Officially, the Farley Mowat is a pirate ship since Transport Canada stripped its Canadian registration and it lost its Belize registration. Japan was to host a meeting of the International Whaling Commission, in an attempt to lift the international moratorium on commercial whaling. Twenty-six nations said they would boycott the meeting. Protesters in Toronto said in agreement, “Arrrrgh!” (The Toronto Star | Farley Mowat | Sea Shepherd Society) [ boatinginCanada.com | boating in Canada News & Archives ]

Alone in the Wilderness
Alone in the Wilderness “Alone in the Wilderness” is the story of Dick Proenneke. To live in a pristine land unchanged by man… to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed… to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin… to be a [...]

Great Lakes Video Contest
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has created a Keep the Great Lakes Great Video Contest for its Great Lakes Biennial Meeting June 6, 2007. Post a short video by May 23, 2007 about why you love the Great Lakes, or what people and governments should be doing to keep them great. Prizes will be awarded for: most creative, most inspirational, most informative, most relevant to Great Lakes Restoration, and best message expressed with humour. A montage created from entries will be posted on www.ijc.org.Submit Video: youtube.com/group/greatlakesvideoawardInformation: ijc.org/rel/2007biennial/meeting_information.php [ boatinginCanada.com | boating in Canada News & Archives ]

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