33 CFR § 161.45 - Vessel Traffic Service St. Marys River.

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title: "33 CFR § 161.45 - Vessel Traffic Service St. Marys River."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "161.45"
section_name: "Vessel Traffic Service St. Marys River."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "P"
subchapter_name: "PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY"
part_number: "161"
part_name: "VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 70001, 70002, 70003, 70034, 70114, 70119; Pub. L. 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3."
regulatory_source: "CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
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# 161.45 Vessel Traffic Service St. Marys River.

(a) The VTS area consists of the navigable waters of the St. Marys River and lower Whitefish Bay from 45°57′ N. (De Tour Reef Light) to the south, to 46°38.7′ N. (Ile Parisienne Light) to the north, except the waters of the St. Marys Falls Canal, and to the east along a line from La Pointe to Sims Point, within Potagannissing Bay and Worsley Bay.

(b) Reporting Points.

Table 1 to § 161.45(**b**)—VTS St. Marys River Reporting Points

| Designator | Geographic name | Geographic description | Latitude/longitude | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Ile Parisienne | Ile Parisienne Light | 46°37.3′ N; 84°45.9′ W | Downbound Only. |
| 2 | Gros Cap Reef | Gros Cap Reefs Light | 46°30.6′ N; 84°37.1′ W | Upbound Only. |
| 3 | Round Island | Round Island Light 32 | 46°26.9′ N; 84°31.7′W. |  |
| 4 | Pointe Louise | Pointe Louise Light | 46°27.8′ N; 84°28.2′W. |  |
| 5 | West End of Locks | West Center Pierhead Light | 46°30.2′ N; 84°22.2′ W | Upbound Only. |
| 6 | East End of Locks | East Center Pierhead Light | 46°30.1′ N; 84°20.3′ W | Downbound Only. |
| 7 | Mission Point | Light 99 | 46°29.2′ N; 84°18.1′W. |  |
| 8 | Six Mile Point | Six Mile Point | 46°26.1′ N; 84°15.4′W. |  |
| 9 | Ninemile Point | Light 80 | 46°23.5′ N; 84°14.1′W. |  |
| 10 | West Neebish Channel | Light 29 | 46°16.9′ N; 84°12.5′ W | Downbound Only. |
| 11 | Munuscong Lake Junction | Lighted Junction Buoy | 46°10.8′ N; 84°05.6′W. |  |
| 12 | De Tour Reef | De Tour Reef Light | 46°56.9′ N; 83°53.7′ W. |  |

[CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36324, July 15, 1994, as amended by CGD 95-033, 60 FR 28332, May 31, 1995; USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35531, June 30, 1998; USCG-2016-0498, 82 FR 35088, July 28, 2017]