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Minor Waters Order (C.R.C., c. 1448)

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Regulations are current to 2026-04-28 and last amended on 2007-07-01. Previous Versions

 The following sheltered waters on the sea coasts of Canada are hereby specified as minor waters of Canada:

  • (a) in British Columbia,

    • (i) Alberni Inlet and the eastern channel of Barclay Sound as far west as Bamfield Inlet,

    • (ii) Quatsino Sound and all waters connected therewith as far west as Koprino Harbour,

    • (iii) False Creek, Vancouver, east of Burrard Bridge,

    • (iv) Jervis Inlet inside a line drawn between Thunder Point and Ball Point and all waters connected therewith not seaward of Fox Island in Telescope passage, including the Agamemnon Channel and Pender Harbour inside a line drawn between Fearney Point and Moore Point, and

    • (v) Prince Rupert Harbour as far south as Charles Point;

  • (b) in New Brunswick,

    • (i) Saint John Harbour inside the southern breakwater and inside a line drawn between the southern extremity of the northern breakwater and the most easterly point of Partridge Island,

    • (ii) Shediac Harbour westward of a line drawn between Pointe du Chêne and Caissie Point,

    • (iii) Miramichi Bay westward of a line drawn from the eastern shore of Neguac Beach to the eastern shores of Portage and Fox Islands and thence to the western point of Preston Beach,

    • (iv) Nepisiquit Bay inside a line drawn between Alston and Carron Points,

    • (v) Dalhousie Harbour and the Restigouche River westward of a line drawn from Maguacha Point in the Province of Quebec to the mouth of Charlo River,

    • (vi) Shippigan Sound inside the breakwater at Shippigan Gulley and south of a line drawn between Grasse Point and Pokesudi Point,

    • (vii) Miscou Harbour east of a line drawn between Herring Point and Mya Point, and

    • (viii) Passamoquoddy Bay as far as Campobello Island and inside a line drawn at the northern entrance between east Quoddy Head and Deadman Head;

  • (c) in Newfoundland,

    Humber Arm, east of a line drawn from Frenchman’s Head triangulation station to McIver’s Point triangulation station;

  • (d) in Nova Scotia,

    • (i) Bras d’Or Lake, Great Bras d’Or and all waters connected therewith inside a line joining Carey and Noir Points, and northwards of the seaward end of St. Peters Canal,

    • (ii) Annapolis Basin and Digby Gut inside a line between Prim Point lighthouse and Victoria Beach at the entrance to Digby Gut, and

    • (iii) Halifax Harbour and the waters inside a line joining the triangulation station on Osborne Head and the eastern extremity of Chebucto Head;

  • (e) in the Northwest Territories,

    Kugmallit Bay, south of a line drawn from the northern tip of the peninsula adjoining Kidluit Bay to Toker Point; and

  • (f) in Prince Edward Island,

    • (i) Charlottetown Harbour inside Canseaux and Battery Points,

    • (ii) Summerside Harbour inside a line between Phelan Point and Indian Head Breakwater, and

    • (iii) Cardigan Bay inside a line drawn between Panmure Head and Red Point.

  • SOR/82-843, s. 1
  • SOR/84-942, s. 1(F)
  • SOR/85-540, s. 1

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