from the
HUDSON RIVER
to the ST. LAWRENCE
Last Updated
01/13/2010
Two noble rivers, their tributaries, lakes and canals
make up a vast network of protected waters that crisscross the Northeast United States and Eastern Canada. There are
many dams, locks, and low bridges,
so good charts and cruising guides are important.
Here are some suggestions to help make your cruise safe and successful.
| NOS
Charts | CHS Charts | Richardson's
| Champlain | Waterproof
ISS | Maptech_Waterproof
|Fishing Hot Spots | Crusing
Guides | History
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. Prices are
$20.75. (except for NOS 14786)
. Ask
us for a free copy of NOS Great Lakes chart catalog..
Hudson
River. Three
charts take you from the George Washington Bridge to Troy Lock:
NOS 12343, NOS
12347,
and NOS 12348.
New York State
Canal System.
NOS 14786,
a book of
61 charts, goes west from Troy Lock to Oswego, and north from Troy Lock to Lake
Champlain.
$32.75
Lake Champlain is covered by
four charts,
NOS 14781, NOS 14782, NOS 14783, and NOS 14785.
Oswego to the Thousand
Islands. Two charts will
take you across the east end of Lake Ontario and into the head of the St.
Lawrence: NOS 14803 and
NOS 14802.
The Thousand Islands are
covered in detail on five charts: NOS
14774, NOS 14773, NOS 14772, NOS 14771 and NOS 14770.
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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, thus giving you
charts that are freshly updated. Lead
time is about one week.
Prices are
$20.25, except where noted. Ask us
for a free copy of CHS chart catalog 3.
St.
Lawrence River from
the International Boundary to Sorel is covered in six charts:
CHS 1432, CHS 1411,
CHS 1410, CHS 1409, CHS 1310, and CHS 1311; from the International
Boundary to the Thousand Islands by four more: CHS 1435, CHS 1434, CHS
1433, and CHS 1432.
Richelieu
River and Chambly Canal, from
Sorel to northern Lake Champlain, is covered by two small-craft charts, CHS
1350 and CHS
1351, $28.00
each.
Rideau
Waterway, Kingston
to Ottawa, requires two charts: CHS
1513, $33.00, and CHS 1512, $23.00
each.
Ottawa
River, Ottawa
to Montreal, three charts, CHS
1515, CHS 1514, and
CHS 1510,
$20.00
each.
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Each 12 x 18 Chartbook includes reproductions of government chart,
cruising information, descriptions of marine facilities, bridge signals, and
aerial harbor photos.
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Lake
Ontario Chartbook includes
Thousand Islands, Bay of Quinte, Welland Canal, and part of the St. Lawrence
Seaway. It meets the Chartbook
below at Oswego and at Cornwall.
$84.95
T4563 |
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Hudson
River & Adjacent Waterways Chartbook includes
Hudson River, Champlain Canal, Lake Champlain, Richelieu River to Sorel, and St.
Lawrence from Sorel to Cornwall. Also
includes the Erie and connecting canals to Oswego.
$69.95 T15894 |
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Two Other Chartbooks
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8˝ x
11 atlas covers all of Lake Champlain (not the connecting canals).
$36.00 T13878
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Cruising Guide to the New York State Canal System, NY
State Canal Corp., 2006. Charts with additional information 11 x
15, spiral-bound.
$19.95 T16661 |
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Rolled charts, printed on plastic, both sides.
$26.95 each
| ISS
57
|
Hudson River
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ISS 11
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Champlain Canal and South Lake Champlain
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ISS 12
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Northern Lake Champlain
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| ISS 76
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Lake Ontario and NE
Lake Ontario |
|
ISS 78 |
Thousand Islands
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ISS 140 |
Clayton and Alexandria Bays
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| ISS 141 |
Kingston and Bateau
Channels |
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Waterproof,
2 sided, 24X36, fold to 6 X12, $19.95 each.
| EMB4 |
Hudson River |
| EMB48 |
Champlain Canal |
| EMB49 |
Lake Champlain |
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“America’s
Fishing Map”
Convenient folded, waterproof charts, $12.95
each
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| M 489 |
Hudson River
South
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| M 488 |
Hudson River
North
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| M 496 |
Lake Champlain
South |
| M 495 |
Lake Champlain
Central |
| M 494 |
Lake Champlain
North
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| M 476 |
Oneida Lake
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| M 480 |
Seneca Lake
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| M 481 |
Cayuga Lake
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| M 497 |
Lake Ontario
Southeast
|
| M 492 |
Lake Ontario
Northeast
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| M 477 |
Thousand Islands
West
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| M 478 |
Thousand Islands
Central
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| M 479 |
Thousand Islands
East |
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Cruising
Guide to New York Waterways and Lake Champlain
by Chris Brown and Claiborne Young, Pelican Publishing, 1998.
One of the few books that covers the entire Erie Canal, the Welland
Canal, Lake Ontario, and the Thousand Islands.
464 pages, 8 x 9 paperback.
$32.00
T7153 |
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Waterway
Guide Great Lakes Edition
2009
$39.95
T17792 |
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Cruising
Guide to the Hudson River, Lake Champlain & the St. Lawrence River by Alan
and Susan McKibben, Lake Champlain Publishing, 2006. New York to Montreal and Quebec City. 272 large-format pages, wire-bound.
$37.95 T10657
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Cruising
the New York Canal System by
“Skipper Bob,” 2009, 11th edition. Solid
facts and good down-to-earth advice. 73
pages, 8 x 11, spiral bound.
$13.00 T4311 |
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Cruising
the Rideau and Richelieu Canals by
Skipper Bob. What charts and guides
to get, costs to expect, where to stop and when to go.
PB, 8 x 11, 82pp.
$13.00 T2849 |
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Rideau
Waterway and Ottawa River Small Craft Guide from
Canadian Hydrographic Service, 2003.
$19.95
T4014 |
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St.
Lawrence River & Quebec Waterways Cruising Guide, Including
Saguenay River, Ottawa River, and Richelieu River. Michael
Sacco. 2nd edition, 2009. Crysler Park to Gulf of St.
Lawrence. PB, 6 1/2 x 10, 119pp, in color.
$29.95 T13053 |
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The
Down East Circle Route by Capt. Cheryl Barr. The 2400 mile
loop through the Erie Canal, Thousand Islands, the St. Lawrence
River, to the Gaspe Peninsula, Prince Edward Island, Cape
Breton Island, the Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, New England and home.
Good solid advice on dealing with St. Lawrence currents, route
planning, and anchorage and marina choices. 2003. PB, 8 X 11, 199
pp.
$60.00 T17146 |
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Cruising Guide to the Canadian Maritimes, Cheryl Barr.
Coastal Cape Breton, Bras d'Or Lakes, South Coast of Newfoundland,
St. Pierre, and Miquelon, Magdalens. PB, 8 x 11, 256pp.
$52.75 T4983 |
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Honey,
Lets Get A Boat… by
Ron and Eva Stob. An entertaining
account of a “Great Loop” cruise (canals, Great Lakes, Western Rivers and
ICW, circumnavigating the Eastern
States). It includes several
informative chapters on the Hudson, Champlain, St. Lawrence, and Rideau. It’s also an excellent reminder of how much fun it is to go
places by small boat. 285 pages,
paperback.
$18.95
T2129
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Wedding of the Waters
- The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation,
Peter L. Bernstein. 288pp.
$15.95 T18101 |
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