CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER P—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY (parts 160 to 169) > PART 161—VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT > SUBPART C—Vessel Traffic Service and Vessel Movement Reporting System Areas and Reporting Points (§161.25 to §161.65) > 161.45—Vessel Traffic Service St. Marys River.

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 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.

Code of Federal Regulations

[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]