The best charts I have found for the cruise is the MapTech®, Western Lake Erie and
Lake St. Clair chartbook available from West Marine.
This book of 61 waterproof charts covers the entire cruise except for
the first leg from Lexington to the mouth of the St. Clair River. It
includes the MapTech® Offshore Navigator Lite Program (similar to
the free Chart Navigator listed below) and all 61 charts in digital
format from the book .
Available from West Marine.
Download additional free charts from
NOAA Raster Navigational Charts (RNCsTM)
The charts below cover the entire cruise; however, due to their scale
many of them are of limited use.
- 14865 South End of
Lake Huron
Scale: 1:15,000 [View Online]
- 14852 St. Clair River; Head of St. Clair River
Scale:
1:40,000 [View Online]
- 14850 Lake St. Clair
Scale: 1:60,000 [View Online]
- 14848 Detroit River
Scale: 1:30,000 [View Online]
- 14830 West End of Lake Erie; Port Clinton Harbor; Monroe Harbor; Lorain to Detroit River (Metric); Vermilion
Scale:
1:100,000 [View Online]
- 14853 NOAA Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River
Book of 47 charts. 12X17"
Available from West Marine and other marine suppliers: Chartbook #14853 has 47 12" x 17" charts that cover all of
chart #s 14852, 14850 & 14848 at a scale of 1:15,000 or better. This is all but the first and last 10 miles or so of the trip.
The chartbook is not available for online viewing (see below) but, can be
downloaded and viewed using one of the chart viewers listed below. The first part of the trip is on chart #14865 and the last few miles of the
cruise are on chart #14830.
NOAA Nautical Charts in electronic format
can be viewed/downloaded online at:
Free Demo/Trial Raster Chart Navigation Software
(for viewing NOAA RNC™ (BSB format) files)
