MARINA LEGEND: Y=Yes N=No W=Washrooms Sail Canada Club/ LISTINGS S=Showers L=Laundry U=Unknown School Listing sailing.ca Moorings Launch Fuel Water Pump Facilities Winter Lat Long Ramp & Ice Out Storage Y Y Gas/Diesel Water/Ice Y W/S Y 45.18'21\"N 66.22'17\"W N Y Gas/Diesel Water/Ice Y W/S/L Y 45.19'N 65.53'W N N N Water/Ice N W/S/L N 45.16'N 66.05'W N Y Y (available Water/Ice Y W/S N 45.04'11\"N 67.03'W locally) Y Y Gas Water/Ice Y W N 46.08.29’N 67.34.514’W NN (available at (available at Y Y Mactaquac Water Mactaquac W Y 45.56’57”N 66.52’54”W Marina) Marina) NEW BRUNSWICK, BAY OF FUNDY & ST. JOHN RIVER • BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 | 51
BEST BOATING EVENTS: NEW BRUNSWICK, BAY OF FUNDY & ST. JOHN RIVER MONCTON BOAT SHOW MARCH 27 TO 29, 2020 monctonboatshow.ca Get ready for the season at the largest boat show in New Brunswick. Over this three-day show, you can shop dealers, chandleries, and services at this Moncton Coliseum. Boat models include fishing boats, inflatables, cruisers, and runabouts, and personal watercraft. Shop for accessories, learn about insurance and financing, and sit in on one of the seminars about the boating lifestyle. This show coincides with the New Brunswick Sportsmen’s Show and the Dieppe Fly Fishing Forum. DORY BOAT FESTIVAL SBYC CIRCUIT REGATTA JULY 8 TO 12, 2020, PETIT-ROCHER, N.B. AUGUST 2020, festivaldesrameurs.net SHEDIAC BAY YACHT CLUB, SHEDIAC, N.B. sbyc.ca This festival has been a highlight in the community since 1968. Every year, about 20 Hosted by the Shediac Bay Yacht Club, this teams compete to row across the Bay of Chaleur, regatta is open to boats in the 29er, Club 420, an intense 35-kilometre crossing for which the Laser, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7, Optimist and rowers train. Visitors can take part in the live classes and taking place in the beautiful performances, bingo, fireworks, parade, and Shediac Bay. activities for kids. This year’s events include a humour evening and country evening. 52 | BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 • NEW BRUNSWICK, BAY OF FUNDY & ST. JOHN RIVER
FESTIVALS AND MORE: NEW BRUNSWICK, BAY OF FUNDY & ST. JOHN RIVER GRAND FALLS GORGE OROMOCTO PIONEER DAYS OPEN YEAR-ROUND JULY 1 WEEKEND, 2020 grandfallsnb.com pioneerdays.ca This is a spectacular hidden gem where you Celebrate Oromocto and the history of can capture excellent photos. There are several the region with a midway, concerts on the lookoffs along the 1.6-kilometre trail that winds green, fireworks, and pub. Local pubs will alongside the gorge. Thrill-seekers can explore be open with live music. the gorge via a zip line or kayak. BUSKERS ON THE BAY FESTIVAL SAINT JOHN, N.B. JULY 15 TO 19, 2020 marketsquaresj.com/buskers-on-the-bay This will be the 29th year for this signature event in New Brunswick featuring some of the best professional street performers from around the world. Take in acrobatic acts, fire eaters, musical talent, and get belly laughs with comic acts, too. HARVEST JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL FREDERICTON, N.B., SEPTEMBER 15 TO 20, 2020 harvestjazzandblues.com Taking up three city blocks, some of the best blues acts take the stages throughout historic downtown Fredericton every September for this long-running music festival. With more than 400 acts over six days, there’s more than enough styles and sounds for every visitor. Listen to Cajun, blues, jazz shows at great prices. Previous acts included Colin James, Bruce Cockburn, John Campbelljohn, Anders Osbourne, Matt Minglewood, and Martha Wainwright. NEW BRUNSWICK, BAY OF FUNDY & ST. JOHN RIVER • BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 | 53
BOAT, MOTORS, SERVICES & SUPPLIES: NEW BRUNSWICK, BAY OF FUNDY & ST. JOHN RIVER BOAT AND MOTOR DEALERS (NB) INSURANCE Seamasters Fairway Insurance Services 506-633-0070 | seamasters.ns.ca 888-245-4741 | fairway.ca Team Green Diamond Gallagher Skippers’ Plan 506-440-6535 | greendiamondpowersports.ca 800-661-7211 | skippersplan.com Gateway Insurance YACHT BROKERS 902-431-9300 | gatewayinsurance.ca Ocean Yacht Sales Ltd. 902-455-5565 | oceanyachtsales.com MAGAZINES Canadian Yachting Sunnybrook Yacht Brokers 877-620-9373 | canadianyachting.ca 902-275-2424 | sunnybrookyachts.com BOATING INFORMATION DOCK BUILDERS Discover Boating East Coast Docks discoverboating.ca 902-370-2309 | eastcoastdocks.ca BOAT TRANSPORTATION BOATER EDUCATION Schooner Cove Marine Boatsmart! Canada 902-826-2278 | schoonercovemarine.com 877-792-3926 | boatsmartexam.com VMG Marine Services 902-499-9952 | vmgmarine.ca 54 | BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 • NEW BRUNSWICK, BAY OF FUNDY & ST. JOHN RIVER
EDITORIAL ABLE SAIL: MAKING SAILING ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE BY SUZANNE RENT A unique program is getting people with physical provides employment for about eight sailors and and mental disabilities out sailing in Shediac instructors each season. The program is funded Bay in New Brunswick. Able Sail got its start through grants from the provincial and federal in the summer of 1985 when seven skippers government, as well as from sponsors. from the Pointe-du-Chêne Yacht Club and the The annual Gordon MacRae Memorial Race was Shediac Municipal Marina invited 14 youth with started in 1999 is held every year to race funds for disabilities to go sailing on Shediac Bay on a C&C Able Sail. Gordon MacRae was a young sailor who 30 owned by Gerry Doyle. went on Doyle’s boat back in 1985. Sadly, he passed By 1988, the program had 28 sailors with away in 1988 at the age of 10. Boats from Pointe- disabilities taking part and there were 239 sailing du-Chêne Yacht Club and the Shediac Bay Marina outings that season. In 1989, the program got its race in this white-sail event. Sailors in the program own boat, a Freedom Independence 21. also take part in other races, like the Lobster From there, the program continued to grow. Festival Cup Race each July in Shediac Bay. In the 2019 season, there were 334 outings and Some of the sailors who’ve taken part have gone about 400 people are taking part in the program. on to race in events beyond New Brunswick. Emilie Cormier is the director of promotions for Alyssa Belliveau, who has competed at the Able Sail and has been with the program for 20 Mobility Cup Regatta, including in the 2019 event years. He’s been sailing himself for more than 50 in Ottawa where she placed 12th overall and sixth years and says he loves giving back to the sport. in two other races. Belliveau has raced in the “We always say when they leave the dock, they Mobility Cup five times before, placing in the top look at their wheelchair back on the dock and five in some of those races. Belliveau also works say, ‘I don’t need you today,’” Cormier says. with the Able Sail program in the summer. “You should see the smiles on their faces.” This upcoming sailing season, Cormier says the Able Sail now has a few boats sailors can use, program will accept new sailors who have PTSD. some of which include special chairs that can help There are now Able Sail programs across the the sailors tack properly, and a Martin 16 called country, giving people with disabilities the chance the Michael Dunn purchased with a donation to experience sailing and racing on our waters. from the Windsor Foundation. The Michael Cormier says the program is always looking for Dunn is equipped with a sip and blow system that volunteers to take part. allows even those sailors without the use of their To learn more, visit www.ablesail.ca arms or hands to control the boat by blowing into or sipping out of straws. A motorized joystick allows other sailors with limited strength to control the boat. The program also NEW BRUNSWICK, BAY OF FUNDY & ST. JOHN RIVER • BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 | 55
REGION NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR MARINA Map # Dockage Max Depth Power Length Admiral’s Marina Harbour Grace | 709-596-0605 99 Y U 10' Y hrgrace.ca/site/parks-recreation/admirals-marina Bay of Islands Yacht Club Y U 30 Corner Brook | 709-785-1188 92 by appoint- 60’ AMP bayofislandsyachtclub.com 30 Bonavista Harbour Authority ment AMP Bonavista | 709-468-1209 | FB: Bonavista1990 97 Y 75' 20' Clarenville Rotary Marina 95 Y 100' 30-40' Y Clarenville | 709-425-4392 | clarenvilleyachtclub.ca Dock Marina, Trinity 98 Y 140' 20' Y Trinity | 709-464-2133 | atlanticadventures.com Fogo Island Marine Information Centre 9’ Seldom, Fogo Island 30 AMP 709-627-3366 (seasonal) 709-266-1320 (Town Office) 94 Y 75’ lowest 120 volt tide at townoffogoisland.ca/home/42 frontage NEW LOCATION 96 Y 60’ 8’ 30-50 Glovertown Marina AMP Glovertown | 709-520-3044 | glovertownyachtclub.ca Holyrood Marina/TerraNova YC 101 Y UU Y Holyrood | 709-229-4348 | tnyc.ca Lewisporte Marina Complex 93 Y 60' 8' 30-50 Lewisporte | 709-535-3633 102 Y AMP lewisporteyachtclub.com; email: [email protected] Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club 60' 9' 30 Conception Bay | 709-834-5151 | rnyc.nf.ca AMP Veterans Quay Marina 100 Y 50' 8' 15, 20, 30 Bay Roberts | 709-786-2075 or 709-786-0113 AMP rclbranch32nl.ca 56 | BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 • NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
MARINA LEGEND: Y=Yes N=No W=Washrooms Sail Canada Club/ LISTINGS S=Showers L=Laundry U=Unknown School Listing sailing.ca Moorings Launch Fuel Water Pump Facilities Winter Lat Long Ramp & Ice Out Storage 53.09’W N YN Water N W/S N 47.41’N N Y Y Water N W/S/L Y 48.57’49”N 58.01’11”W arrangements can be made N Y Gas/Diesel W N W/S/L N 48'39N 53.06W N Y N Water N W/S/L Y 48.09’N 53.57’W N N Gas/Diesel Water/Ice N W/S/L N 48.22’N 53.21’W Not on N site but in N Y N W/S/L N 49° 36’ 54° 11’ the Com- 36.02”N 06.54” W munity N N Gas/Diesel Water/Ice N W/S Y 48 40’27N 54 1’36W N N Gas/Diesel Water N W/S/L Y 47'.23.21''N 53'.07.53''W 20 Y Gas/Diesel Water/Ice N W/S/L Y 49'.14.37.83N 55'.03.19.86''W N Y Gas/Diesel Water/Ice N W/S/L Y 47.31’19” N 52.58’8” W N Y N Water/Ice N W/S N 47.35’N 53.16’W NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR • BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 | 57
BEST BOATING EVENTS: NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR PHOTOS: WOODEN BOAT MUSEUM BOAT-BUILDING WORKSHOPS WINTERTON, JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 2020 woodenboatmuseum.com Sign up for a one-day or a weeklong course and learn how to build a traditional wooden dory with instruction from a master boat builder. Boats you learn to build include the Grand Banks dory and the 16’ 4” Winterton Rodney. Special packages include accommodations and breakfast. 58 | BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 • NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
PHOTO: TOWN OF GRAND FALLS-WINDSORFESTIVALS AND MORE: NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR EXPLOITS VALLEY SALMON FESTIVAL GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR, JULY 2020 evsalmonfestival.com This is the largest five-day festival in the province. Concerts include exceptional talent from across the town and province, like Carolina East, Paul Lamb, and the Irish Descendants. Other events include salmon dinners, dances, and a family day. GEORGE STREET FESTIVAL ST. JOHN’S, N.L. JULY 3O TO AUGUST 5, 2020 georgestreelive.ca Join up to 50,000 people on the “biggest little street in North America” for a summer party. There are pubs, restaurants, and music venues packed into downtown St. John’s in a Newfoundland kitchen party that hits the street. Past headliners include Blue Rodeo, Barenaked Ladies, Dropkick Murphys, Our Lady Peace, April Wine, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Kenny Rogers, Alan Doyle, and Randy Bachman. ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND YACHT CLUB RACE WEEK CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH AUGUST 11 TO 15, 2020 rnyc.nf.ca A week of competitive racing in beautiful Conception Bay South. Social events include dinners, dances, and live entertainment. Hosted by the Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club, Canada’s most easterly yacht club. NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR • BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 | 59
COASTAL ATTRACTIONS: NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR THE ROOMS ST. JOHN’S therooms.ca Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest cultural space, The Rooms contains artifacts, art, and historical records telling the stories of the province. Collections include those on the government archives, history of sport in the province, and more than 400,000 still images. Exhibits include Up the Pond: The Royal St. John’s Regatta and All Around the Circle: An A to Z of Newfoundland and Labrador Places. PHOTO: THE PROVINCIAL SEAMAN MUSEUM GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK PROVINCIAL SEAMAN’S MUSEUM pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/info GRAND BANK, N.L. therooms.ca/museums This national park is a world UNESCO World Heritage Site covering about 1,850 square A look back at the resourceful and fascinating kilometres of wilderness on the western coast ways the people of Newfoundland and of Newfoundland. Hike mountaintops for Labrador made their lives on the land and sea. panoramic views or cruise in the freshwater Exhibits on the ground floor look at life on the fjords while watching the wildlife that make sea. The second floor showcases life on land. their home here. Visit one of the villages or Collections include tools and artifacts used in towns and take in festivals and local culture. the inshore and offshore fisheries, as well as shipping and navigation. 60 | BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 • NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
BOAT, MOTORS, SERVICES & SUPPLIES: NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR BOATER EDUCATION MAGAZINES Boatsmart! Canada Canadian Yachting 877-792-3926 | boatsmartexam.com 877-620-9373 | canadianyachting.ca INSURANCE BOATING INFORMATION Fairway Insurance Services Discover Boating 888-245-4741 | fairway.ca discoverboating.ca Gallagher Skippers’ Plan 800-661-7211 | skippersplan.com BOAT TRANSPORTATION Gateway Insurance Schooner Cove Marine 902-431-9300 | gatewayinsurance.ca 902-826-2278 | schoonercovemarine.com VMG Marine Services 902-499-9952 | vmgmarine.ca BE AWARE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DANGERS Carbon monoxide (CO) is a deadly • Cook in a well-ventilated area. gas you cannot see, smell or taste. CO comes in through your lungs and cuts off • Make sure that cabin extensions the oxygen supply to your body, causing and areas fitted with canvas tops death in minutes. Be alert! Symptoms are well ventilated. include headaches, nausea and fatigue – but you might think you are just seasick • Use only fuel-burning engines or or have the flu. CO can come from appliances that are certified or anything that burns a carbon-based fuel designed for marine use and make sure (gasoline, propane, charcoal, oil, etc.) to use them in well-ventilated areas only. such as engines, gas generators, cooking ranges, heaters, etc. CO acts a lot like air. • Use a marine-grade CO detector and It does not rise or fall, but spreads evenly check its batteries before every trip. throughout an enclosed space. • Be aware that CO can build up when: Here are some tips to help protect . two vessels are tied to each other; yourself and others from CO poisoning: . you are docked alongside a seawall; . exhaust gases enter the space • Idle your engine only in well-ventilated between pontoons; areas. A tail wind can easily carry CO . your load causes the bow to ride back on board. high; or, a fuel-burning appliance or engine is running while your vessel is • Heat the cabin in a well- not moving. ventilated area. REMEMBER: Carbon monoxide (CO) is not just a risk to boaters. Swimmers too can be overcome by breathing CO and drown in just minutes! Areas of high risk are under swim platforms and between the pontoons of houseboats.
EDITORIAL WHALES, SEALS AND SEA TURTLES Watching whales and other marine PHOTO: KIMBER GRENIER mammals in their natural surroundings gives Canadians an opportunity to better • trap a marine mammal or a group either appreciate these beautiful animals, but between a vessel and the shore, or between when humans get too close to wildlife in a vessel and other vessels their habitat, we risk disturbing and even harming marine wildlife. • approach them if there are already several boats present HOW TO AVOID DISTURBING MARINE MAMMALS • approach head on or from behind, as this will Well-intentioned watchers may unknowingly disturb cut off their movements marine mammals. You can avoid being disruptive or threatening by using binoculars to watch safely and • tag or mark them responsibly. If a whale approaches you in the water, • touch, feed or disturb an animal, even if it we ask that you move away and keep your distance. comes up to a wharf or the shoreline BE WHALE WISE • approach using aircraft While watching marine mammals, you should never: • Porpoises and dolphins: If dolphins or • feed them • swim, dive or interact with them porpoises ride the bow wave of your boat, • move, encircle them or entice them to move avoid sudden course changes. Hold course and • change directions quickly or park your boat in speed or reduce speed gradually. Do not drive through groups of porpoises or dolphins. their path • approach them when they’re resting: the SEALS When you encounter seals: whale will look like it’s not moving and will be • reduce boat speed, minimize wake, wash and floating at the surface or near the surface • separate a mammal from its group or go noise, and then slowly pass without stopping, between it and a calf (‘wake’ is the disturbed water caused by the motion of a boat’s hull passing through the water, ‘wash’ is the disturbed water caused by the propeller or jet drive) • avoid sudden changes of speed or direction • move away slowly at the first sign of disturbance or agitation. If the animal starts to stare, fidget or dive into the water, you are too close 62 | BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020
HAUL-OUTS CRUISING GUIDES 2020 Be cautious and quiet near haul-outs, especially during breeding and pupping seasons (generally ONLINE: May to September). Pupping season is when seals, Dobson Yacht Club maintains and updates sea lions and walrus give birth. a cruising guide for Cape Breton Island at cruising-cape-breton.info BEACHED SEAL PUPS Pilot Press publishes guides for the Nova If you see a young seal that seems to be alone and Scotia Coast, Newfoundland and Labrador, in distress, keep your distance and your pets leashed, and the Gulf of St Lawrence. Excellent as its mother is probably nearby. Seals normally updates from members of the Cruising Club spend long hours out of the water resting and of America can be found at pilot-press.com shouldn’t be disturbed. Cruising Cape Breton The Cruisers’ Guide to SEA TURTLES Cape Breton Island and the Bras d’Or Lakes Canadian waters are home to seasonal populations cruising-cape-breton.info/download/ of endangered leatherback and loggerhead sea BrasdorLakes-Book.pdf turtles. In fact, waters off Atlantic Canada are among the most important in the world for leatherbacks. MARINE BOOK STORE REFERENCE GUIDES: These tropical turtles come here from their nesting Cruising Guide to the Canadian Maritimes grounds in Central and South America to feed and by Capt. Cheryl Barr grow fat on jellyfish. 2nd edition Covers coastal Cape Breton, the Bras d’Or Lakes, south coast of Toll-free turtle hotline at 1-888-729-4667 to report Newfoundland, St. Pierre & Miquelon, and the your sighting. 24 hours/day, 7 days/week or visit Magdalen Islands. Includes route planning https://seaturtle.ca/turtle-sighting and weather, marinas, anchorages, bird and whale identification, chart list, places of DISTANCES: KEEPING A interest, and much more. MINIMUM DISTANCE IS THE LAW The rules for whale watching and approaching Notre Dame Bay Cruising Guide marine mammals, which are now in effect, provide A detailed regional guide of Notre Dame a minimum of 100 metres away from most whales, Bay, situated in the north-east quadrant dolphins, and porpoises, and keeping a minimum of Newfoundland and Labrador. Contains of 200 metres away if they are in resting position or detailed aerial photos, chartlets, and with their calf. information about boating facilities, things to do, local lore and attractions, and more. If you see an injured, stranded, entangled or dead animal, contact the following emails or 24-hours/ Insiders Guide to Cruising Cape Breton Island day toll-free numbers. You can also help track these 2016 Edition aquatic animals to ensure their safety by reporting This informative guide contains charts, a sighting. www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/ maps and interesting historical facts about mammals-mammiferes/report-rapport/page02- Cape Breton’s waterways. Also included eng.html is information regarding yacht clubs and marinas, along with the services they offer. Identify Marine Mammal species here www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/mammals- Down East Circle Route Cruising Guide mammiferes/identify-identifier/index-eng.html 2nd Edition by Capt. Cheryl Barr The 2011 “Down East Circle Route” 2nd For more information please visit Edition cruising guide provides cruising www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/mammals- directions for yachtsmen seeking an mammiferes/watching-observation/index-eng.html adventure and the rewards that the most beautiful and unspoiled cruising ground on the eastern seaboard of North America has to offer. Covers route planning, itinerary, marinas, anchorages, currents, side trips, sightseeing, places of interest. Many photos. Detailed descriptions include: Hudson river, Erie Canal, St. Lawrence river, Eastern Canada. Includes many cruise-tested tips to help make this circle route easy. Sailing Directions Canadian Hydrographic Service There are many other out of print guides available by searching Amazon.ca BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 | 63
QUÉBEC 17 19 18 MARITIME Nor thu N MARINAS 20 21 23 28 WE New Brunswick 22 40 S 25 24 MAINE 26 NEW BRUNSWICK 1 10 11 12 13 14 27 1 Woodstock Valley 9 64 63 Yacht Club 8 65 2 St Andrew’s Market Wharf 66 3 Saint John Marina Ltd 7 67 71 73 72 4 Saint John Power Boat Club 6 5 Brundage Point River Centre 6 Evandale Resort 5 15 7 Gagetown Marina 4 8 Oromocto Boat Club 16 9 Regent Street Wharf/ 2 3 R—iver Capital City Boat Club Fuonhdny 10 York Centennial Park Sailboat Marina f 11 Mactaquac Power Boat Marina 12 Fredericton Yacht Club 13 Fredericton Yacht Club (Douglas Harbour) 14 Chipman Marine Wharf BSta.yJo 15 Rothesay Yacht Club 76 16 Royal Kennebaccasis Yacht Club 17 Dalhousie Regional Marina 18 Bathurst Marina MARINA DETAILS: PAGES 48-51 NOVA SCOTIA 48 Venus Cove Marina 58 Armdale Yacht Club 75 74 49 Guysborough Marina 59 Royal Nova Scotia 50 Cape Canso Marina Yacht Squadron 51 Liscombe Lodge Marina 60 Shining Waters Marine 52 Petpeswick Yacht Club 61 St Margaret Sailing Club 53 Shearwater Yacht Club 62 East River Marine 54 Alderney Marina Ltd 63 Chester Yacht Club 55 Dartmouth Yacht Club 64 South Shore Marine 56 Bedford Basin Yacht Club 65 Gold River Marina 57 Halifax Waterfront Marina 66 Oak Island Resort 64 | BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020
NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT & P.E.I. 19 Bas-Caraquet Marina 29 Stanley Bridge Marina 39 Summerside Yacht Club Marina 20 Miramichi Boating and Yacht Club 30 Souris Marina 40 West Point Marina 21 Station Wharf Marina Inc. 31 Cardigan Marina 41 Pugwash Yacht Club 22 Richibucto Marina 32 Brudenell Marina 42 Sunrise Shore Marina 23 Cocagne Cape Marina (Montague) 43 Pictou Marina 24 Cocagne Marina 33 Montague Marina 44 Hector Quay Marina 25 Sawmill Point Boat Basin 34 Bowdridge Landing 45 New Glasgow Water front Marina 26 Shediac Bay Yacht Club 35 Charlottetown Marina 46 Ballantyne’s Cove & Sailing School 36 Peakes Quay Marina 47 Cribbon’s Point 37 Charlottetown Yacht Club MARINA DETAILS: PAGES 34-41 38 Victoria Harbour 27 Pointe de Chene Yacht Club 78 e Breton umberland Strait — PEI Cap28 Northport Pier 91 79 80 29 30 90 P.E.I. 31 89 81 39 88 38 32 82 86 37 36 35 34 33 46 87 85 41 47 77 83 42 43 44 45 84 48 Nova Scotia 49 50 CAPE BRETON 51 77 Strait of Canso Yacht Club 78 Marina Du Havre-Cheticamp Wharf 56 55 79 Northern Yacht Club Scotia59 58 80 Dobson Yacht Club 52 81 Port of Sydney - Royal Cape Breton 3 Yacht Club Marina 53 82 Mira Boat Club ova60 83 Lennox Passage Yacht Club N62 61 54 84 Isle Madame Boat Club stal68 57 85 St Peters Marina a70 86 Ben Eoin Yacht Club Co 87 Whycocomagh Waterfront 69 Centre Association 88 Barra Strait Marina 67 Mahone Bay Civic Marina 89 Bras d’Or Yacht Club 68 Lunenburg Yacht Club 90 Baddeck Marine 69 Lunenburg Harbour Moorings 91 Ross Ferry Marina 70 Lunenburg Waterfront Marina MARINA DETAILS: PAGES 26-29 71 Bridgewater Marina 72 LaHave River Yacht Club Denotes Pump-out Station 73 Brooklyn Marina *Marina locations are approximate 74 Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club 75 Killam Bros., Marinas BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 | 65 76 Digby Marina MARINA DETAILS: PAGES 12-15
NEWFOUNDLAND 92 Bay of Islands Yacht Club 93 Lewisporte Marina Complex 94 Fogo Island Marine Interpretation Centre 95 Clarenville Rotary Marina 96 Glovertown Marina 97 Bonavista Harbour Authority 98 Dock Marina, Trinity 99 Admiral’s Marina 100 Veterans Quay Marina 101 Holyrood Marina/TerraNova YC 102 Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club MARINA DETAILS: PAGES 56-57 Newfoundland 94 92 93 97 96 95 98 99 100 102 101 66 | BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020
RECREATIONAL FISHING: REGULATIONS & IMPORANT LINKS Regulations for recreational fishing are divided into freshwater fishing and saltwater fishing. The provinces look after the freshwater fin fish information and licensing requirement and Fisheries and Oceans Canada is the source of information for saltwater fish and shellfish FRESHWATER FIN FISH Here you will find information about licensing, fees, fishing spots for fresh and saltwater, species, For a summary of the regulations pertaining to and regulations. licence requirements, season dates, gear restrictions, daily limits and size limits for the following NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR: freshwater finfish, visit the New Brunswick, Nova Information about freshwater recreational fishing Scotia and P.E.I. provincial government websites: http://www.nfl.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/NL/Angling NOVA SCOTIA: SALTWATER RECREATIONAL The Government of Nova Scotia maintains FISHING INFORMATION an informative website at https://novascotia.ca/fish/sportfishing/ FOR THE GULF REGION, P.E.I., NOVA SCOTIA Here you will find information about fishing AND NEW BRUNSWICK licenses and permits, laws and regulations, fishing For recreation regulations regarding saltwater fin lakes, hatchery programs, education, resource fish and shellfish, visit the Department of Fisheries management and the Anglers’ Handbook. and Oceans website at http://www.glf.dfo-mpo. gc.ca/Gulf/FAM/Recreational-Fisheries NEW BRUNSWICK: The government of New Brunswick maintains FOR THE MARITIME REGION, EASTERN an informative website at https://www2.gnb. NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK AND ca/content/gnb/en/departments/erd/natural_ THE BAY OF FUNDY resources/content/fish.html For recreation regulations regarding saltwater fin Here you will find information about fishing fish and shellfish, visit the Department of Fisheries regulations, where to fish, types of fish, aquatic and Oceans website at http://www.inter.dfo-mpo. invasive species and how to stop the spread of gc.ca/Maritimes/Recreational-Fisheries/Home invasive species, stocked waters, and a fishing guide directory. FOR NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR For recreation decisions regarding saltwater PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: recreational fishing and shellfish visit The Government of Prince Edward Island maintains https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fisheries-peches/ an informative website at recreational-recreative/index-eng.html https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/ information/communities-land-and-environment/ BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 | 67 angling-resources-and-information-centre
EDITORIAL THE HALIFAX HARBOUR: A SAFE HARBOUR FOR SAILORS & BOATERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Halifax Harbour, a large natural along the downtown boardwalk. Historic McNabs harbour on the Atlantic coast of Island, which has nature trails through the provincial Nova Scotia, consists of the main park on the island, is also accessible for boaters by harbour, the Narrows, the Bedford means of a floating dock on the west side. Basin, and the Northwest Arm. The entrance to the harbour has McNabs Day berths along the Halifax waterfront are free of Island on the eastern side and Herring charge for boats with registered berthing pass. Call Cove on the western side. 902-229-2628 to obtain a pass. Information about berth locations and how to book a berth can be It is a very busy harbour with a Canadian Navy found at https://developns.ca/marinas/halifax- Base, Irving Shipbuilding, commercial wharves for marina or email [email protected]. The Halifax shipping, fishing boats, cruise ships, tour boats, Waterfront Marina welcomes visitors from around yacht clubs, as well as public marina docks offering the world, including cruisers, superyachts and Tall facilities for the local boating community and Ships. Their presence in the harbour adds to the visitors. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic bustling spectacle that is the Halifax waterfront. on the waterfront provides information about the significance of the Halifax Harbour as well as a link IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION to the many ships and recreational boats that have FOR HALIFAX HARBOUR frequented the harbour. The Halifax Municipality Large vessels entering Halifax Harbour are subject to connects Halifax and Dartmouth with two bridges, compulsory pilotage, with harbour pilots boarding the Macdonald and the A. Murray MacKay, across at the pilot station off Chebucto Head. Recreational the harbour. Halifax Transit also runs a ferry service. boaters should check the Atlantic Pilotage Authority website at https://www.atlanticpilotage.com/ Recreational boating is popular from May to October operations/current-assignments to find out the and the Halifax Waterfront Marina offers multiple schedule for commercial traffic. berthing locations, providing more than 457 metres Recreational Boaters should note the following (1,500 feet) of floating docks for recreational boats • Halifax Traffic is the primary point of contact for all users. Monitor VHF Channel 12 and/ or 14 (and 16) when in Halifax Harbour and approaches Inside Duncan Reef H1 buoy, VHF 68 | BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020
12 Outside Duncan Reef H1 buoy, VHF14 Did you know that the • Large commercial vessels are hampered in their Province of Nova Scotia has designated Marine Service ability to maneuver and require a lot of “sea room”. Communicate with other vessels to discuss Technician as a Trade? and make passing arrangements. Pilots are always listening and want to assure safe passing. Certified Marine Service • Keep a safe distance away from commercial Technicians are highly trained traffic: Visibility from the Bridge perspective of individuals working in marine large commercial vessels is hampered by deck dealerships, boat shops and boat cargo, height of eye and other factors. If you get yards, marinas, and yacht clubs. too close, the PILOT CANNOT SEE YOU, and may lose tracking on Radar. If a Pilot loses sight The Marine Service Technician of a smaller vessel, he/she is left to assume that Apprenticeship Program opens up the worst has happened and may take evasive opportunities for those wanting to action placing the safety of the ship, and port and other vessels in the area, in danger. become skilled in the trade. RECREATIONAL BOATING EVENTS For more information, see There are many recreational boating events that take nsboats.com/mst or contact place within Halifax Harbour. Yacht clubs located within in the Northwest Arm, Bedford Basin, and the Training & Certification Eastern Passage have regularly scheduled races and Co-ordinator at the Nova Scotia boating events. The Halifax Harbour Race, now known as the Boxing Rock Cup, brings together Boatbuilders Association at more than 40 boats and 250 sailors in a pursuit race [email protected] with starts in Bedford Basin and the Northwest Arm with a common finish line off Bishop’s Landing right BOATING ATLANTIC GUIDE 2020 | 69 off the Halifax waterfront. The event is a fundraiser for the Nova Scotia Sailing Team. This year the event will take place on May 30, 2020.
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