The Canadian Aids to Navigation System/Канадская система средств навигации

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This comprehensive guide details aids to navigation used in Canadian waters, covering visual, electronic, and private markers. It explains buoy shapes, markings, light characteristics, and electronic systems like GNSS and radar beacons. The book also covers legal regulations, safety considerations, and technological advancements to ensure safe maritime navigation. Designed for maritime professionals, it provides essential standards and practical guidance for effective navigation in Canada.

Content
Preface
Introduction
General
Definition
Intended Audience and Uses
Responsibility
Other Publications
The Canadian aids to navigation system
Visual Aids
Lateral Aids
Cardinal Aids
Audible Aids
Electronic Aids
Winter Navigation
Night Navigation
Speed and Navigation
Cautions in the Use of Aids to Navigation
Continuous Improvement
Legal provisions relevant to, or governing aids to navigation
Oceans Act
Canada Shipping Act, 2001
Criminal Code of Canada
Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020
Canadian Navigable Waters Act
Private Buoy Regulations
Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations
Canadian coast guard aids to navigation other government aids to navigation
Private aids to navigation
General
Private Buoys
Private Fixed Aids
Private Mooring Buoys
Liability
Markings and Dimensions
Public Notification
Canadian light flash characters
Floating aids to navigation (Buoys)
Lateral Buoys
Fairway Buoy
Port Hand Buoy
Starboard Hand Buoy
Bifurcation Buoys
Port Bifurcation Buoy
Starboard Bifurcation Buoy
Cardinal Buoys
North Cardinal Buoy
East Cardinal Buoy
South Cardinal Buoy
West Cardinal Buoy
Isolated Danger Buoys
Special Buoys
Anchorage Buoy
Cautionary Buoy
Control Buoy
Diving Buoy
Hazard Buoy
Information Buoy
Keep-Out Buoy
Mooring Buoy
ODAS
Swimming Buoy
Daytime Identification
Buoy Colour
Buoy Shape
Topmarks
Nighttime Identification
Buoy Light Flash Characters
Fairway
Port and Starboard
Bifurcation
North Cardinal
East Cardinal
South Cardinal
West Cardinal
Isolated Danger
Special (except ODAS)
ODAS (Ocean Data Acquisition System)
Buoy Light Colour
Retroreflective Material
Other Characteristics
Buoy Numbering
Audible Signals
Radar Beacons (Racons)
Marking of New Dangers
Fixed aids to navigation
General
Lighted Fixed Aids
General
Types
Lateral Significance
Light Characteristics
Light Colours
Daymarks and Daybeacons
Port Hand Daybeacon
Starboard Hand Daybeacon
Bifurcation Daybeacon
No Anchorage
Ranges
Audible aids
General 63
Operation
Audible Aids Characteristics Example
Sector lights
General
Sector Light Types
To Mark the Presence of Obstacles
As a Leading Line
Sector Lights with Oscillating Boundaries
Application
Electronic aids to navigation
Automatic Identification System Aidsto Navigation(AIS AtoN)
Radar Reflectors and Radar Beacons(Racons)
General
Radar Reflectors
Radar Beacons (Racons)
Frequency Agile Racons
Global navigation satellite system (GNSS)
System Description
Performance Standard (PS)
GNSS Augmentation System
WAAS Performance Standard
Related publications
Safe Boating Guide
An Owner's Guide to Private Buoys
Radio Aids to Marine Navigation
List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals
Navigational Warnings
Notices to Mariners Website
Annual Edition of Notices to Mariners
Canadian Tide and Current Tables
Canadian coast guard aids to navigation offices
Iala/Aism maritime buoyage system