low-flow channel | low-water channel

low water channel | low flow channel

low summer channel

high water of spring tides | low water of spring tides

high water of neap tides | low water of neap tides

flood channel | high water channel | overflow channel

at all stages of flow

Exchange of Notes providing for the Temporary Raising of the Level of Lake St. Francis during Low Water Periods

Including all the islands at low water in Penny Strait and Queens Channel, situated within 7 km of the low water line of Bathurst Island from Cape Lady Franklin to Rapid Point;

Thence southerly following the low water line of Penny Strait and Queens Channel to the intersection of the northerly boundary of Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area (SOR/86-985, 18 September, 1986), in the vicinity of Rapid Point;

Commencing at the intersection of the low-water mark along the northerly shore of the St. Lawrence River with the southwesterly boundary of shore lot 248, according to the official cadastre for the parish of Saint-Joachim, in the registration division of Montmorency; thence southeasterly along the extension of that boundary approximately 731.52 m to a point on the straight line joining the light buoys designated V13 and V6 on Hydrographic Chart number 1232 on deposit with the Department of the Environment; thence easterly along that straight line to the light buoy designated V6 on that chart; thence northeasterly in a straight line to ...[+++]ward the light buoys designated K108 and K103 on that chart; thence northeasterly in a straight line to the light buoy designated K95 on that chart 1232, but ending abreast of Cap Brûlé; thence northwesterly in a line perpendicular to the low-water mark to Cap Brûlé along the northern shore of the St. Lawrence River; thence southwesterly along the low-water mark to the point of commencement, together with that portion of the right-of-way of the Canadian National Railways from Lot 58A of the official cadastre of the parish of Saint-Joachim, in the registration division of Montmorency, thence easterly to Cap Brûlé;

In the Gulf of St. Lawrence; near and southeast of the locality of Saint-Augustin (in latitude approximately 51°08′N and in longitude approximately 58°28′W); all this parcel of land including the islands, islets, rocks and water within boundaries that can be described as follows: commencing at a point located on the low-water mark at the easternmost tip of Île de la Grande Passe; THENCE, in a generally southwesterly direction following the said low-water mark of the said Île de la Grande Passe to the southern tip of the promontory located in latitude 51°07′25″N and in longitude 58°33′51″W; THENCE, in a S45°00′E direction a distance o ...[+++]f 4.5 kilometres to a point in the said Gulf; THENCE, in a N74°00′E direction a distance of 7.0 kilometres to a point in the said Gulf; THENCE, in a N34°00′E direction a distance of 7.5 kilometres to a point in the said Gulf; THENCE in a N20°00′W direction a distance of 2.5 kilometres to a point in the said Gulf; THENCE, in a straight line southwest to the point of commencement; except for and setting aside from the said parcel all of Kennedy Island; the whole as shown on a plan prepared by the Real Estate Services of the Department of Public Works Canada, number MM-82-5397.