| Chart Name: | Chester River; Kent Island Narrows, Rock Hall Harbor and Swan Creek |
| Scale: | 1:40000 |
| Size: | 36" x 48" |
| Edition #: | 31 |
| Edition Date: | 09/01/06 |
| LNM Notice/Date: | 612 02/07/12 |
| NTM Notice/Date: | 612 02/11/12 |
| LNM: | http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/nm/resultList.asp?Chart=12272 |
| Last Update: | 01/20/12 |
| Description: | Kent Island Narrows entrance is at Mile 4.0S. A marked channel, leads from Chester River to Eastern Bay; the chart is the guide. In May 2006, shoaling to a depth of 2 feet was reported to extend across the channel
in the vicinity of North Approach Light 4. Very heavy traffic can be expected through the channel during the summer months, especially on weekends.
Rock Hall Harbor, north of the entrance to Chester River and 5 miles north-northeastward of Love Point Light, is the base for local fishing vessels and pleasure craft. The entrance channel leads north between converging breakwaters to two channels within the harbor. One channel leads to an anchorage basin at the west end of the harbor, thence eastward paralleling the waterfront at Rock Hall to a basin at the east end of the harbor. The second channel leads northeast from inside the entrance and connects with the channel paralleling the waterfront.
Swan Creek is 1 mile northwestward of Rock Hall Harbor and 0.7 mile southeastward of Swan Point, which is 139 miles above the Virginia Capes. A poorly marked channel leads north, then east, to Deep Landing.
Mariners should use caution when passing Little Neck Island, west the channel, as it reportedly is visible only at extreme low water. Private, seasonal buoys reportedly
mark the 3½-foot shoal 500 yards north of Light 6 and other shoal water in entrance of the creek. Mariners are advised to pass close to the private moorings on the south side of the channel as the water shoals quickly to the northwest. |
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| NTM = NGA Notice to Mariners LNM = Local Notice to Mariners |
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BUY NOAA Nautical Chart #12272 - Chester-River--Kent-Island-Narrows-Rock-Hall-Harbor-and-Swan-Creek, Online
