Great Lakes
The Great Lakes
make up one of the largest concentrations of fresh water on earth, right
in the industrial and agricultural heartland of North America.
The shoreline is over 11,000 miles long, with
plenty of room for deep-draft vessels, barge tows, and
thousands of pleasure boats.
The trip from New
York to Chicago is a major leg of the “Great Loop” circumnavigation of the Eastern States.
Whether you ply
U.S. waters or Canadian waters, good charts and reference books are
important. Here
are some suggestions to help make your voyage safe and successful.
| NOS_Charts
| CHS_Charts |Richardsons'_Chartbooks
|Waterproof_Charts_(ISS) |Charts_On_Disk
|Cruising_Guides
| Lake Lore |
National
Ocean Service produces the official government charts of U.S. waters.
With every NOS chart Pilothouse gives you a free ANMS printout to
help bring it up to date. OGF (OceanGrafix) charts are printed to order (Print on Demand) and do not
need correction at time of purchase. Pilothouse's prices are the same for
both, $20.75
Ask for your free copy of NOS Great Lakes chart catalog.
General Charts:
| NOS
14500 |
Great
Lakes |
| NOS
14800 |
Lake
Ontario |
| NOS
14820 |
Lake
Erie |
| NOS
14860 |
Lake
Huron |
| NOS
14901 |
Lake
Michigan |
| NOS
14961 |
Lake
Superior |
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Canadian Hydrographic Service produces the official government charts of
Canadian waters. We do not
stock, but prefer to special-order directly from Ottawa for charts that
are freshly updated. Lead
time is about one week. Prices
are mostly
$20.25. with a few specially priced.
Ask us for a free copy of CHS chart catalog 3.
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Each 12” x 18” spiral-bound Chartbook includes reproductions of
government chart, cruising information, descriptions of marine facilities,
bridge signals, numerous aerial
harbor photos, emergency procedures and a detailed index.
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Lake
Ontario Chartbook includes
Thousand Islands, Bay of Quinte, Welland Canal, the St. Lawrence
Seaway, east to Cornwall, west to Hamilton.
5th edition. 2004.
$84.95
T4563. |
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Lake
Erie Chartbook includes
Lake St. Clair, St. Clair River, Niagara River, Welland Canal,
northeast to Niagara, northwest to Sarnia.
6th edition. 2005.
$89.95
T4565 |
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Lake
Huron Chartbook includes
North Channel, Georgian Bay, west through the Straits of Mackinac,
south to Sarnia, north to St. Joseph’s Island. 6th Edition
2005.
$99.95
T4564 |
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Lake
Superior Chartbook includes
Isle Royal, Apostle Islands, Keweenaw Waterway, St. Mary’s River,
Soo Locks and the De Tour Passage.
3rd edition 2001
$79.95
T1960 |
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Lake
Michigan Chartbook includes
Green Bay, Lake Charlevoix, Straits of Mackinac.
9th edition, 2008.
$69.95
T7847 |
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Maptech
Chartbooks
12" x 17" waterproof chartbooks with companion
CDs, GPS waypoints, preplotted courses, locations of marinas, restaurants,
fuel docks, and boat ramps.
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WPB
1310: Southern Lake Michigan, Ed. 1
Chicago and north to Milwaukee and Manitowoc, WI, and Muskegon and
Ludington, MI. 50 pages of full-color charts, GPS waypoints, ramps and
200 marine facilities. 12" x 17", scales 1:500,000 to 1:7,000, plus
entire lake overview charts
$59.95 |
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WPB
1320: Northern Lake Michigan, Ed. 1
Mackinac Island to Lake Charlevoix, Grand Traverse Bay, Manistee, Door
County and Green Bay. 68 pages of full-color charts, GPS waypoints,
ramps and 150 marine facilities. 12" x 17", scales 1:100,000 to
1:10,000, plus entire lake overview charts.
$59.95 |
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WPB
8310: Western Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, Ed. 1
The perfect chartbook for this boating Mecca. Includes Detroit and St.
Clair rivers. 60 pages of full-color charts, GPS waypoints, ramps and
500 marine facilities. 12" x 17", scales 1:120,000 to 1:5,000.
$69.95 |
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Rolled charts, printed on plastic, both sides.
$24.95 each.
We’ll gladly send a catalog on request.
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ISS 76 |
Lake
Ontario and NE Lake Ontario |
| ISS 78 |
Thousand Islands |
|
ISS 58 |
Lake Erie
and Ohio Harbors |
|
ISS 68 |
Islands of
Lake Erie |
|
ISS 28 |
N.W. Lake
Erie and Detroit River |
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ISS
29 |
Lake St.
Clair and St. Clair River |
|
ISS 74 |
S. Lake
Huron and Saginaw Bay |
|
ISS 69 |
Georgian
Bay |
|
ISS 77 |
North
Channel – Lake Huron |
|
ISS 75 |
N. Lake
Huron & Straits of Mackinac |
|
ISS 72 |
Northern
Lake Michigan |
|
ISS 71 |
Eastern
Lake Michigan |
|
ISS 70 |
Chicago and
Lake Michigan |
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United
States Coast Pilot 6 Great Lakes.
$30.00 T2886 |
CHS
Sailing Directions:
| CEN300 |
General Information, Great Lakes 1996 |
$14.95 |
| CEN302 |
Lake Ontario 1996 |
$14.95 |
| CEN303 |
Welland Canal and Lake Erie 1996 |
$14.95 |
| CEN304 |
Detroit River, Lake St. Clair 1996 |
$9.95 |
| CEN305 |
L. Huron, St. Mary’s R., L. Superior 2000 |
$19.95 |
| CEN306 |
Georgian Bay 1998 |
$19.95 |
CHS
Small Craft Guides:
| P132 |
Trent Severn Waterway 1989 |
$18.50 |
| CEN308 |
Rideau Waterway and Ottawa River 2003 |
$19.95 |
| P142 |
Lake Nipissing 1987 |
$6.00 |
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Waterway Guide Great Lakes 2008
including
the Great Loop Cruise and the Route South to the Gulf of Mexico.
Waterway Guides have for years given East Coast and Gulf Coast
skippers solid information about their cruising waters. Now the
coverage extends to the Great Lakes and the river route from Chicago
to Mobile. 1200 marina listings with locator charts, aerial photos,
GPS waypoints, bridge and distance tables, and "Goin' Ashore" sections
with detailed coverage of ports along the way. 8" x 11", 528
pages spiral-bound.
$39.95
T1398 |
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Cruising the Trent Severn Canal, Georgian Bay and North Channel.
Skipper Bob. 2007. Good,
solid advice. 8 x 10 spiral-bound, 52pp.
$12.00 T11859 |
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Cruising Lake Ontario
by Skipper Bob. 8" x 10" spiral-bound, 101 pp.
$16.00
T13322 |
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Cruising Lake Michigan, Skipper Bob.
2005. $18.00 T13611 |
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Trent
Severn Waterway Boating and Road Guide
by Rick and Mary Lyons, Ontario Travel Guides. 2004 20th Anniversary
Edition. "Where to dock, shop, win, dine, explore & enjoy." BP, 5" x
8", 266 pp.
$12.95 T17969 |
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Lake Lore
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Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures, Great Lakes Legends and Lore, Pirates and
More!
by Michael J. Varhola, illustrations by Fred Stonehouse. PB, 5 X 8,
207pp.
$14.95 T18396 |
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Boat Smart Chronicles,
Tom Rau, 27-year Coast Guard
veteran. Boating mishaps and what they can teach you. "While this book
concentrates on Lake Michigan, its lessons apply to boaters everywhere."
PB, 8 1/2 x 11, 245pp.
$19.95 T14329 |
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Mighty
Fitz, the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Michael Schumacher. The real-life story behind the Gordon Lightfoot
song. PB, 5 x 8, 242pp.
$14.95 T3501 |
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Tugboats
of the Great Lakes,
by Franz A. VonRiedel. A photo gallery, much of it in color, with
extended captions and written commentary. Great Lakes tugs, past and
present. PB, 9 x 11, 158pp.
$34.95 T18326 |
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Commercial Ships of Great Lakes,
by Franz A. VonRiedel. B&W photos, both historic and contemporary, with
background information. PB 8 x 11, 158pp.
$29.95 T18327 |
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Great
Lake Lighthouses, Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior.
Photos by Bruce Roberts, text by Ray Jones. PB, 8 x 11, 120pp.
$19.95 T11085 |
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