Chart No 8B. The Gut of Canso with Chedabucto Bay and Madame Island surveyed by Captn. H. W. Bayfield R.N. F. A. S. assisted by Comr. Orlebar, Lieut. J. Hancock and Mr W. Forbes, Mastr, 1850. Upright soundings and other additions by Capn. Orlebar, 1861.

Scale 1:72,300. Bound in New York - Canso Cables 1923 Folder . Chart No 8B. Black and white chart. Lights coloured. Soundings in fathoms.Tidal Information Panel. Abbreviations Identification Panel. Navigational Information Panel. Mss cable routes marked in green, blue and red. Mss annotation 'continued on chart No 2727 (Admiralty) 8A Black No 8B on reverse. Black No 644 on reverse. Five views (coastal profiles). Two lighthouse profiles.

Object Details

ID: PIR246:4/67
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: HM Admiralty; Walker, J. & C.
Date made: 1856; 1886 1923
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall sheet dimensions: 70 cm x 103 cm; Between neat lines: 63.5 cm x 98.5 cm