NW-P-1413-26
PAN PANMilitary exercise area WG active in Strait of Georgia near Winchelsea and Ballenas Islands
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No longer in forceMilitary Exercise Area WG will be active for surface, subsurface and air activities in the Strait of Georgia. The area is closed and extremely hazardous; entry is prohibited under the Defence Controlled Access Area Regulations. Safe passage is available within 0.5 nm north of Winchelsea Island and within 0.5 nm east of Ballenas Island. Contact Winchelsea Island Control on VHF Channel 10 for information.
Do not enter the closed exercise area. Use the provided safe passage corridors within 0.5 nm north of Winchelsea Island or within 0.5 nm east of Ballenas Island. Contact Winchelsea Island Control on VHF Channel 10 for additional information.
- Type
- Military exercise · severity high
- Feed
- Military exercises and firingAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Strait of Georgia (area WG, near Winchelsea Island and Ballenas Island)
- Validity
- From 15 Oct 2026, 15:30 UTC
Until 16 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTCfrom 15 Oct 2026 1530 UTC to 16 Oct 2026 0000 UTC - Activity periods
- 15 Oct 2026, 15:30 UTC - 16 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC (Military Exercise Area WG active for surface, subsurface and air activities)
- Hazards
- surface military activity, subsurface military activity, air activity, closed/controlled area
- Keep clear
- 0.5 NMSafe passage is available within 0.5nm North of Winchelsea Island and within 0.5 nm East of Ballenas Island.
- Cancels
- NW-P-1412-26
- Charts
- 3512(NAD83)
Contacts
- VHF Channel 10 · Winchelsea Island Control
Coast stations for this area
- RCCJRCC VictoriaCanada57 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Bowen IslandJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160011VHF 40range 40 NM22 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station TexadaJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160014VHF 40range 40 NM30 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Watts PointJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160010VHF 40range 40 NM35 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Mount ParkeJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160011VHF 40range 40 NM38 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Annacis IslandJRCC VictoriaCanadaMMSI 003160011VHF 40range 40 NM41 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 15 Oct 2026, 14:28 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.