On April 30, 2007, the Canadian government announced that, effective immediately, the Nexus card program has been expanded to cover all Canadian waterways, which means that recreational boaters, both U.S. and Canadian, holding Nexus cards will be able to check into Canada by phone from their boats throughout the great Lakes. NEXUS members can call 30 minutes to four hours ahead of time to a telephone reporting center in the marine mode. Previously, Canada has limited the use of Nexus to the area between Sarnia and the Welland Canal, although the U.S. government has accepted Nexus throughout the Great lakes for the last two years.

The three NEXUS programs (Air, Highway and Marine) were combined in 2006 into one program, now simply called NEXUS. You can use your NEXUS membership whether you travel by air, land or sea. NEXUS is a joint initiative of the Canada Border Services Agency and the U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection.

The CANPASS - Remote Area Border Crossing (RABC) permit is still available. The RABC permit allows the bearer to cross the border into Canada at certain remote areas (from Pigeon River through to and including Lake of the Woods, the Canadian shore of Lake Superior, Cockburn Island, the upper lock system at Sault Ste. Marine, and Emerson West Lynne) without reporting to a port of entry, as long as imported goods are declared.

The City of Cheboygan Michigan has applied to Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District, for approval of location and plans for construction of a new fixed pedestrian bridge over Cheboygan River at Mile 1.20. No pier protection system will be utilized. [18/06]

Horizontal: 60 feet (no fenders) normal to the axis of the navigational channel.

Vertical: Minimum 23.8 feet and Maximum (at center) 25.8 feet above Mean Low Water (577.5-), IGLD 1985, Lake Huron.

NOAA has made it's full suite of 970 raster electronic charts of U.S. waters (including weekly patches) available free to the public via the Internet. [November BoatUS Magazine article]