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the dredged river channels from about the midpoint of upper Livingstone Channel N to about the midpoint of Fighting Island Channel opposite the city of Wyandotte, Mich. Trenton Channel separates the W side of the island from the mainland. The N end of the island, Point Hennepin, is a waste disposal site; the rest of the island consists mostly of residential communities and private facilities.

(66) Thorofare Canal, a large shallow drainage ditch about 3.5 miles long, crosses the body of Grosse Ile in a NE-SW direction. Several highway bridges and overhead cables cross this ditch. Passage should not be attempted without local knowledge. (67) A slow-no wake speed is enforced within 1,000 feet of shore of Grosse Ile, except in Trenton Channel and in the channel between the NE side of the island and Mamajuda Island Shoal. A slow-no wake speed is enforced in Thorofare Canal and in the canals between Grosse Ile and the small islands off its S end.

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Charts 14848, 14854, 14853, 14849.-Ecorse Channel is a buoyed, natural deepwater channel that follows the curve of the Michigan shoreline from the junction of Fighting Island Channel and Trenton Channel SW for about 1.2 miles to its lower junction with Trenton Channel. Between the upper and lower junctions, Ecorse Channel is separated from Trenton Channel by Mud Island and the shoals that extend NE and SW from it. Ecorse Channel has a controlling depth of about 13 feet at its NE end, with deeper water in the lower part. Ecorse, Mich., is on the W side of the channel at the mouth of the Ecorse River.

(69) A slow-no wake speed is enforced within 1,000 feet of shore in the waters of the Detroit River adjacent to the city of Ecorse.

(70) Trenton Channel extends from the N end of Fighting Island Channel SW to the Michigan shore, thence S along the shore for about 6 miles to a turning basin at the upper end of the city of Trenton, thence 3 miles to another turning basin at the lower end of the city. The dredged channel, marked by buoys, is separated from the main part of the Detroit River by Grassy Island and Grosse Ile.

(71) In September-November 1989, the controlling depths were 26 feet at midchannel from the junction with Fighting Island Channel to the turning basin N of Trenton with 27 feet in the basin, thence 20 feet at midchannel to the turning basin S of Trenton with 17 feet in the basin.

(72) From the lower end of the Trenton Channel lower turning basin, a depth of about 6 feet can be carried through the narrow, crooked natural channels between Grosse Ile and the mainland to the town of Gibraltar and the open river below Grosse Ile. (73) The Grosse Ile Toll highway bridge, a swing span with a clearance of 10 feet, crosses Trenton Channel 2.2 miles below Point Hennepin. The Grosse Ile Parkway bridge, crossing Trenton Channel just above the lower turning basin, has a swing span with a clearance of 18 feet. (See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.631, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.)

(74) Wyandotte, Mich., fronts Trenton Channel for about 3 miles opposite Point Hennepin. The city is an important industrial center, and numerous stacks in the city are prominent from the river.

(75) A slow-no wake speed is enforced within 1,000 feet of shore in the waters of the Detroit River adjacent to the city of Wyandotte.

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Wharves.-Trenton has three deep-draft facilities. (For a complete description of the port facilities, refer to Port Series No. 45, published and sold by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. See appendix for address.) The alongside depths given are reported depths. (For information on the latest depths, contact the operators.)

(87) McLouth Steel Products Corp., Ore Dock: (43°09.6′N., 83°10. W.); 1,600-foot face; 28 feet alongside; deck height, 7 feet; open storage for over 2 million tons of iron ore, iron ore pellets, and limestone; receipt of iron ore, iron ore pellets, and limestone; owned and operated by McLouth Steel Products Corp.

(88) Mobil Oil Corp. Wharf: (43°08.2′N., 83°10.5′W.); 200 feet of berthing space with dolphins; 21 feet alongside; deck height, 5 feet; loading platform, 9 feet; pipelines extend to storage tanks, capacity over 11⁄4 million barrels; occasional receipt and shipment of petroleum products; owned and operated by Mobil Oil Corp.

(89) Detroit Edison Trenton Channel Plant Wharf: W side of Trenton Channel lower turning basin; 960-foot face; 19 to 23 feet alongside; deck height, 9 feet; open storage for 732,000 tons of coal; receipt of coal; owned and operated by Detroit Edison Co. (90) Small-craft facilities.-Two marinas at Trenton provide gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, electricity, marine supplies, a 10ton hoist, and launching ramps.

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(93) Above Fighting Island, for about 9 miles to Belle Isle, the Detroit River narrows into a single channel from 0.35 to 0.5 mile wide. In this stretch the river is generally clear, with depths of 29 to 43 feet at midriver. Buoys mark the principal shoals that extend off the banks of the river.

(94) The most prominent feature on the Detroit River is the Renaissance Center (42°19′44′′N., 83°02′24′′W.). The flashing light atop the building is reported to be visible for more than 20 miles.

Anchorage.-An anchorage designated by the Canadian Government is 1 mile above the N end of Fighting Island. The anchorage, 800 feet by 4,000 feet with depths of 31 to 36 feet, is marked by a lighted buoy at the SE corner and a light at the NE

corner.

(96) A shoal, with rocks that bare, extends 400 feet off the W side of the river about 1.3 miles N of Fighting Island. Lighted buoys mark the outer edge of the shoal.

(97) Wharves.-There are several deep-draft facilities along the W side of the river between the N end of Fighting Island and the mouth of the River Rouge, 2 miles upstream. (For a complete description of the facilities, refer to Port Series No. 45, published and sold by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. See appendix for address.) The alongside depths given are reported depths. (For information on the latest depths, contact the operators.)

(98) Nicholson Terminal and Dock Co., Ecorse Pier: (42°15.6'N., 83°07.3′W.); 1,820 feet of berthing space N side, 25 to 28 feet alongside; 486-foot face, 36 feet alongside; 1,230 feet of berthing space S side, 8 to 16 feet alongside; deck height, 9 feet; 24,000 square feet covered storage; 9 acres open storage; cranes to 200 tons; receipt and shipment of general and containerized cargo, steel, coal, scrap metal, and tallow; owned and operated by Nicholson Terminal and Dock Co.

(99) Allied Oil Co., Ecorse Terminal Dock: inner end of wharf across slip N of Nicholson Terminal and Dock Co., Ecorse Pier; 500 feet of berthing space; 24 feet alongside; deck height, 8 feet; storage tanks, capacity 835,000 barrels; receipt and shipment of petroleum products; owned by Great Lakes Steel, Division of National Intergroup Corp. and operated by Allied Oil Co.

(100) Repairs.-Nicholson Terminal and Dock Co. operates a floating drydock at the inner end of their pier. The 2,500-ton drydock is 170 feet long with a width of 50 to 55 feet and a depth of 13 feet over the keel blocks. Portable equipment is available for making general repairs to vessels at berth anywhere in the harbor.

(101) Charts 14848, 14853, 14854, 14849.–River Rouge discharges into the Detroit River at the S limit of the city of Detroit, about 3 miles above Fighting Island. Its natural course is generally about 150 feet wide in the lower river, below the junction with Short Cut Canal, and thence about 300 feet wide from the canal to

the turning basin about 4 miles above the mouth. A Federal project has improved the river as far as the basin.

(102) Short Cut Canal is a dredged cut about 0.5 mile long from the Detroit River 2 miles above Fighting Island to its junction with the natural channel of River Rouge. The canal avoids the large bend in the lower part of the natural river and shortens the distance to facilities upstream by more than 1 mile. Below their junction, Short Cut Canal and the lower part of the natural river, Old Channel, have created Zug Island, which is occupied by large industrial corporations.

(103) In May-June 1993, the controlling depths in Short Cut Canal were 11 feet (21 feet at midchannel) from the mouth to the Conrail railroad bridge 1.48 miles above the mouth; thence in September 1993, 9 feet (19 feet at midchannel) to the Fort Street bridge except for shoaling to 11 feet on the W side of the channel just above the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge 1.87 miles above the mouth, thence 20 feet at midchannel to the turning basin at the head of the project with 19 to 20 feet in the basin except for lesser depths along the edges. In June 1991, the controlling depths were 16 feet (25 feet at midchannel) through the natural mouth of the River Rouge to the overhead pipeline, thence 16 feet at midchannel upstream to the junction with Short Cut Canal. The N side of the entrance to Short Cut Canal is marked by a lighted buoy. Rapid shoaling occurs in the canal and river because of the soft bottom. A number of cables, water mains, and tunnels cross under the canal and river; masters should exercise caution when dropping anchors.

(104) Regulations.-A speed limit of 4 mph is enforced in River Rouge and Short Cut Canal. (See 33 CFR 162.130 through 162.140, chapter 2, for navigation regulations.)

(105) Wharves.-Both sides of River Rouge and Short Cut Canal are lined by industrial corporations and their deep-draft facilities. (For a complete description of facilities in the River Rouge, refer to Port Series No. 45, published and sold by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. See appendix for address.) The alongside depths given are reported depths. (For information on the latest depths, contact the operator.) Many of the facilities have railway, water, and electrical shore-power connections.

(106) Facilities along the S side of Short Cut Canal and River Rouge:

(107) Detroit Edison, River Rouge Plant Wharf: S side of Short Cut Canal entrance; 1,080 feet of berthing space with dolphins; 23 feet alongside; deck height, 9 feet; open storage for over 1 million tons of coal; pipeline to storage tanks, capacity 238,000 barrels; receipt of coal and fuel oil; owned and operated by Detroit Edison Co.

(108) Midwest Energy Corp., River Rouge Terminal Dock: at the junction of Short Cut Canal and Old Channel; 460-foot face; 22 feet alongside; deck height, 7 feet; pipelines extend to tank storage, capacity 404,000 barrels; receipt and shipment of petroleum products; owned by Texaco, Inc. and operated by Midwest Energy Corp.,

(109) Standard Oil, River Rouge Dock: about 0.2 mile above Midwest Energy Corp., River Rouge Terminal Dock; 1,000-foot face; 16 feet alongside; deck height, 71⁄2 feet; pipelines extend to tank storage, capacity over 11⁄2 million barrels; receipt and shipment of petroleum products; owned and operated by Standard Oil, Division of Amoco Oil Co.

(110) Marblehead Lime Co., River Rouge Wharf: 800 feet below West Jefferson Avenue bridge; 1,280 feet of berthing space; 25 feet alongside; deck height, 4 feet; open storage for 350,000 tons of limestone; storage silos for 2,200 tons of lime; owned and

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Note 1.—See 33 CFR 117.1 through 117.59 and 117.645, chapter 2, for drawbridge regulations.)
Note 2.-The bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 16 (156.80 MHz) and works on channel 12 (156.60 MHz).

operated by Marblehead Lime Co., Division of General Dynamics Corp.

(111) United States Gypsum Co. Dock: 800 feet above West Jefferson Avenue bridge; 405-foot face plus 500 feet along natural bank; 21 feet alongside dock; deck height, 6 feet; open storage for 85,000 tons of gypsum; storage silos, capacity 90,000 tons; receipt of gypsum; owned and operated by United States Gypsum Co.

(112) Detroit Bulk Dock: 400 feet below ConRail bridge; 509foot face; 20 feet alongside; deck height, 4 feet; 11 acres of open storage; loading tower, rate 750 tons per hour; receipt of limestone, salt, coal, fluorspar, and coke, shipment of coke, concrete, sand, and limestone; owned by Dale Osborne and operated by Detroit Bulk Dock, Inc.

(113) Inland Lime and Stone Co., Rouge River Dock: 700 feet above ConRail bridge; 654 feet of berthing space along natural bank; 18 to 20 feet alongside; bank height, 2 to 6 feet; open storage for 50,000 tons of limestone and 52,000 tons of salt; receipt of limestone and bulk salt; owned and operated by Inland Lime and Stone Co., Division of Inland Steel Co.

(114) Trumbull Asphalt Co., Detroit Plant Wharf: 700 feet above Fisher Freeway bridge; 285 feet of berthing space with dolphins; 20 feet alongside; deck height, 6 feet; tank storage with capacity of 131,000 barrels; receipt of asphalt; owned and opperated by Trumbull Asphalt Co.

(115) Marathon Petroleum Co., River Rouge Terminal Pier: 500 feet below Fort Street bridge; offshore wharf, 415-foot face; 26 feet alongside; deck height, 5 feet; pipelines extend to storage tanks, capacity 900,000 barrels; shipment of asphalt; owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum Co.

(116) Marathon Petroleum Co., Fordson Island Terminal Wharf: NE side of Fordson Island 1,200 feet below Dix Avenue bridge; offshore wharf, 350-foot face; 27 feet alongside; deck height, 5 feet; pipelines extend to storage tanks, capacity over 1 million barrels; shipment of petroleum products; owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum Co.

(117) Detroit Lime Co. Wharf: 200 feet below Dix Avenue bridge; 300-foot face; 21 feet alongside; deck height, 9 feet; open storage for 350,000 tons of limestone; storage silos for 8,400 tons

of lime; receipt of limestone and coal; owned and operated by Detroit Lime Co., subsidiary of Edward Levy Co.

(118) Facilities on the N side of River Rouge above Short Cut Canal:

(119) Detroit Marine Terminals, River Rouge Dock: 500 feet below West Jefferson Avenue bridge; 1,300-foot wharf, 27 feet alongside; 1,000 feet of natural bank, 21 feet alongside; deck height, 5 feet; 23,000 square feet covered storage; 45 acres open storage; cranes to 250 tons; receipt and shipment of general and containerized cargo, receipt of fluorspar and ferro-manganese, shipment of scrap metal and coke; owned and operated by Detroit Marine Terminals Inc.

(120) Concrete Mix Supply Co. Wharf: immediately above West Jefferson Avenue bridge; 735-foot face along natural bank; 15 feet alongside; deck height, 6 feet; open storage for 90,000 tons of limestone; receipt of limestone; owned by P. A. Wolfe and operated by Concrete Mix Supply Co.

(121) Marblehead Lime Co. Wharf: 1,400 feet above West Jefferson Avenue bridge; 900 feet of berthing space; 21 feet alongside; deck height, 8 feet; open storage for 110,000 tons of material; receipt of limestone and coal; owned and operated by Marblehead Lime Co.

(122) Peerless Cement Co., Detroit Plant Wharf: 900 feet below Fisher Freeway bridge; 600-foot face and 250 feet along natural bank; 21 feet alongside; deck height, 13 feet; 154,000 square feet covered storage for clinker; open storage for 69,000 tons of coal; storage silos for 69,000 tons of cement; receipt of limestone, gypsum, and coal; owned and operated by Peerless Cement Co.

(123) Harridon Terminal Inc.: 600 feet above Fisher Freeway bridge; 792-foot face; 26 feet reported alongside; deck height, 8 feet; receipt and shipment of bulk products, scrap iron, and steel; operated by Harridon Terminal, Inc.

(124) Morton Salt CO., Detroit Wharf: 1,100 feet above Fisher Freeway bridge; 500 feet of berthing space along natural bank; 15 feet alongside; deck height, 7 feet; silo storage for 8,000 tons of salt; open storage for 38,000 tons of salt; receipt of bulk salt; owned and operated by Morton Salt Co.

(125) Rouge Steel Co., Coal Tar Dock: N side of the turning basin; 1,300-foot face; 27 feet alongside; deck height, 6 feet; pipeline extends to tank storage, capacity over 21⁄2 million gallons; shipment of coal tar; owned and operated by Rouge Steel Co.

(126) Rouge Steel Co., East Dock: E side of the slip on the NW side of the turning basin; 2,614-foot face; 25 feet alongside; deck height, 6 feet; storage trough for 152,000 tons of material; open storage for 437,000 tons of coal, 308,000 tons of limestone, and 800,000 tons of iron ore and pellets; three bucket unloaders, combined unloading rate 3,500 tons per hour; receipt of iron ore, iron ore pellets, coal, and limestone; shipment of mill scale; owned and operated by Rouge Steel Co.

(127) Rouge Steel Co., West Dock: W side of the slip on the NW side of the turning basin; 2,915-foot face; 25 feet alongside; deck height, 6 feet; open storage for 11,000 tons of limestone; receipt of limestone; owned and operated by Rouge Steel Co. (128) Facilities on the mainland side of Old Channel: (129) Allied Chemical Co. Tar Plant, Coal Tar Dock: 1,800 feet above mouth of river; 275 feet of berthing space with shore moorings; 22 feet alongside; deck height, 5 feet; pipeline to storage tanks, capacity over 3 million gallons; receipt and shipment of coal tar, shipment of creosote; owned and operated by Allied Chemical Co.

(130) Allied Chemical Co. Tar Plant, Pitch Dock: 2,400 feet above mouth of river; 250 feet of berthing space with dolphins; 22 feet alongside; deck height, 8 feet; open storage for 18,000 tons of bulk pitch; shipment of bulk pitch; owned and operated by Allied Chemical Co.

(131) Facilities on Zug Island:

(132) All the facilities on Zug Island are owned and operated by Great Lakes Steel, Division of National Intergroup, Inc. (133) Great Lakes Steel, Ore Dock No. 1: N side of the island at the mouth of Old Channel; 1,287-foot face; 21 feet alongside; deck height, 8 feet; open storage for 860,000 tons of iron ore and pellets; receipt of iron ore, iron ore pellets, and limestone.

(134) Great Lakes Steel, Dock A: N side of the island 0.6 mile above the mouth of Old Channel; 1,000 feet of berthing space along natural bank; 17 feet alongside; bank height, 8 feet; open storage for 160,000 tons of coal; receipt of coal.

(135) Great Lakes Steel, Dock B: NW side of the island 0.6 mile below junction with Short Cut Canal; 1,000 feet of berthing space along natural bank; 17 feet alongside; bank height, 8 feet; open storage for 260,000 tons of coal; receipt of coal.

(136) Great Lakes Steel, Short Cut Canal Dock: S side of the island at the mouth of Short Cut Canal; 1,300 feet of berthing space along natural bank; 21 feet alongside; bank height, 8 feet; open storage for 90,000 tons of coal; receipt of coal.

(137) Great Lakes Steel, Stone Dock: E side of the island on the Detroit River 1,000 feet N of the mouth of Short Cut Canal; 510-foot face; 27 feet alongside; deck height, 8 feet; open storage for 220,000 tons of limestone; receipt of limestone and iron ore pellets.

(138) Great Lakes Steel, Ore Dock No. 3: E side of the island immediately N of the Stone Dock; 1,349-foot face; 27 feet alongside; deck height, 10 feet; open storage for 898,000 tons of iron ore and over 1 million tons of iron ore pellets; receipt of iron ore, iron ore pellets, and coal.

(139) Great Lakes Steel, Coal Wharf No. 1: E side of the island immediately N of Ore Dock No. 3; 2,100-foot face; 25 to 27 feet alongside; deck height, 10 feet; open storage for 450,000 tons of coal; receipt of coal.

(140) Supplies.-Bunker fuel is available at several facilities in the river, or by barge or truck. A supply company on the W side of Old Channel has supplies and provisions.

(141) Charts 14848, 14853, 14849.-About 0.5 mile above the mouth of Old Channel, overhead power cables with a minimum clearance of 165 feet across the Detroit River between Detroit and Windsor, Ont.

(142) The Ambassador Bridge crosses the Detroit River 2.2 miles above the mouth of Old Channel. The suspension span has a clearance of 156 feet for 100 feet at the center, decreasing to 133 feet at each side of the river.

(143) A shoal, marked at its outer edge by a lighted buoy, extends off the Canadian side of the river for about 0.5 mile above the Ambassador Bridge.

(144) Two tunnels cross under the Detroit River above the Ambassador Bridge. The ConRail Tunnel, 0.9 mile above the bridge, was covered by a depth of 31 feet at midchannel in 1959, with depths of 24 and 34 feet, 300 feet from the United States shoreline and 350 feet from the Canadian shoreline, respectively. The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, a highway tunnel 2 miles above the bridge, was covered by a depth of 40 feet at midchannel in 1959, with depths of 24 and 36 feet, 500 feet from the United States

shoreline and 350 feet from the Canadian shoreline, respectively. Vessels are cautioned not to anchor over or near these tunnels. (145) A shoal with a least depth of 15 feet extends off the U.S. shoreline between the two tunnels. Buoys mark the upper and lower ends of the shoal.

(146) Anchorage.-A designated deep-draft anchorage is in U.S. waters between the upper tunnel and Belle Isle. (See 33 CFR 110.1 and 110.206, chapter 2, for limits and regulations.)

(147) Small-craft facility.-A public docking facility constructed by the city and the Michigan State Waterways Commission is on the N side of the river about 2.8 miles above the Ambassador Bridge. Water, electricity, and sewage pump-out station are available.

(148) The harbormaster assigns berths.

(149) Belle Isle, about 3 miles long and 1 mile wide, is in midriver near the upper end of the Detroit River. Fleming Channel, the main river channel, follows between the S side of the island and the Canadian shore to the head of the river at Lake St. Clair. The lower part of the channel is through natural deep water, thence from about midlength of Belle Isle to Lake St. Clair the channel is dredged. The limits of the dredged channel are marked by lighted buoys. Belle Isle Light (42°20.4'N., 82°57.6'W.), 30 feet above the water, is shown from a pile on the SE point of the island and marks the N side of Fleming Channel. In September-October 1993, the controlling depth was 27 feet, except for lesser depths along the edges and shoaling to 18 feet that extends about 120 feet into the channel on the E edge in the vicinity of Peche Island Light.

(150) A 074°-254° measured mile is reported on the S side of Belle Isle.

(151) William Livingstone Memorial Light (42°20.8′N., 82°57.3'W.), 58 feet above the water, shown from a white pyramidal monument on the E end of Belle Isle, is a 247° leading light marking the entrance to the Detroit River from Lake St. Clair.

(152) Generally, only local and pleasure craft use the channel on the N side of Belle Isle. The lower entrance is marked by a lighted buoy which marks a 6-foot shoal that extends 0.5 mile from the W end of Belle Isle. Scott Middle Ground is an extensive shoal area, with depths to 1 foot, between Belle Isle and the U.S. shore. Natural channels marked by buoys lead N and S of the shoal. The N channel has a controlling depth of about 18 feet. Above Scott Middle Ground, a 12-foot spot is marked on its N side by a buoy in midchannel N of Belle Isle. The upper entrance to the channel N of Belle Isle is through a dredged channel marked by buoys. In November 1993, the controlling depth was 20 feet. A fixed highway bridge (Douglas McArthur Bridge) with a clearance of 32 feet crosses from Detroit to the lower end of Belle Isle.

(153) Erma Henderson Park, developed by the Michigan State Waterways Commission, is on the mainland side of the channel N of Belle Isle. The park provides transient berths, electricity, water, and sewage pump-out. The entrance is marked by private lights. (154) Peche (Peach) Island is off the Canadian shore on the S side of the head of the Detroit River. Extensive shoals are off the W, N, and E sides of the island. Peche Island Light (42°20.9′N., 82°56.5 W.), 44 feet above the water, is shown from a cylindrical tower with a triangular red daymark on the NW side of the shoal off the W end of the island. The light marks the SE side of Fleming Channel, but should not be passed close aboard because of protective riprap. A lighted buoy at the W extremity of the shoal marks the N side of the entrance to a buoyed natural deepwater channel that leads from Fleming Channel around the S side of

Peche Island into Lake St. Clair. The depths in Lake St. Clair at the outer end of the channel are about 8 feet.

(155) Windmill Point Light (42°21.5′N., 82°55.8'W.), 42 feet above the water, is shown from a white conical tower on a concrete base on the N side of the entrance to the Detroit River.

(156) Windsor, Ont., is a major industrial city fronting the SE side of the Detroit River from Fighting Island NE to the head of the river. The major commodities handled are automobiles and automotive components, drugs, chemicals, brewed and distilled products, and agricultural products.

(157) Prominent features.-Prominent at Windsor are the white tank with the name "Ford" 0.7 mile SSE of the foot of Belle Isle, the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. grain elevator with the lighted "Canadian Club” sign SSW of the foot of Belle Isle, the TV mast 2.5 miles WSW of Belle Isle, and the stacks opposite the mouth of Old Channel of River Rouge. At the E end of town, the old Pelee Passage lighthouse (42°20.4'N., 82°55.9'W.), which has been restored by private interests, is also prominent.

(158) Caution.-When a vessel is unloading at the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. wharf opposite the foot of Belle Isle, passing vessels should reduce speed to prevent wake damage to the grain elevator unloading equipment.

(159) Windsor is a Canadian customs port of entry.

(160) Harbor regulations.-The Windsor Harbour Commission administers the harbor and a harbormaster enforces the regulations. The following speed limits are enforced in the harbor: 10 mph for vessels 65 feet or more long; 10 mph for vessels less than 65 feet long between Belle Isle West End Lighted Buoy at the lower end of Belle Isle and Peach Island Lighted Buoy 4 at the lower end of Peach Island; 6 mph between Peach Island Lighted Buoy 4 and Peach Island Lighted Buoy off the SE end of Peach Island. Between Belle Isle West End Lighted Buoy and Peach Island Lighted Buoy 4, no vessel shall overtake another vessel of 65 feet or more long. Copies of the regulations are available from the Windsor Harbour Commission, 500 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, Ontario N9A 5K6.

(161) Wharves.-Windsor has numerous deep-draft facilities fronting on the Detroit River. The depths alongside for the facilities described are reported depths. Most of the facilities described have highway and rail connections.

(162) Canadian Rock Salt Co. Ltd. Wharf: (42°15′27′′N., 83°06′31′′W.); 685-foot face; 26 feet alongside; 3 acres open stor

age.

(163) United Co-operatives of Ontario, Windsor Grain Terminal: (42°15′51′′N., 83°06′18′′W.), 1,278 feet of berthing space; 33 feet alongside; grain elevator with 83,000 ton capacity; various grains.

(164) Morton Terminal Ltd. Wharf: (42°16′09′′N., 83°05′52′′W.); 2,000-foot face; 25 feet alongside; 32,000 square feet covered storage; 180 acres open storage; 245-ton crawler

crane.

(165) J. Clark Keith-Hydro Electric Power Corp. Wharf: (42°16′48′′N., 83°05′49′′W.); 606-foot face; 181⁄2 feet alongside; open storage for 1 million tons of coal; receipt of coal.

(166) Windsor Bulk Storage West End Dock: 1,600 feet above J. Clark Keith-Hydro Electric Power Corp. Wharf; 660-foot face; 30 feet alongside; open storage for 75,000 tons of sand and

stone.

(167) Canadian Salt Co. Ltd. Wharf: 1,350 feet above Windsor Bulk Storage West End Dock; 185-foot face; 22 feet alongside; pipelines to tank storage.

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