NW-C-4402-26
PAN PANMooring buoy replaced by blue plastic jug marking wreck near Port Hope, Lake Ontario
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ActiveA mooring buoy marking the shipwreck P.B. Locke has been replaced by a blue plastic jug at the reported position off Port Hope, Lake Ontario. Report published 2026-10-19 17:26 UTC. Mariners should not rely on the normal buoy as an aid to navigation and navigate with caution in the vicinity.
Exercise caution and do not rely on the normal mooring buoy; navigate with caution near the reported position and maintain a good lookout.
- Type
- Aids to navigation · severity low
- Feed
- Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Lake Ontario, vicinity Port Hope
- Validity
- From 19 Oct 2026, 17:26 UTC
Date 2026-10-19 17:26 UTC - Hazards
- buoy replaced by makeshift marker, reduced reliability of aid to navigation, shipwreck (P.B. Locke) at location
- Cancels
- NW-C-1410-26
- Charts
- 2058(NAD83)
Coast stations for this area
- RCCJRCC TrentonCanada35 NM from the area
- RCCRCC BostonUnited States331 NM from the area
- RCCJRCC QuebecCanada346 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station CobourgJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160029VHF 40range 40 NM10 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station OrilliaJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160029VHF 40range 40 NM59 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station TrafalgarJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160029VHF 40range 40 NM67 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station FonthillJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160029VHF 40range 40 NM68 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station KingstonJRCC TrentonCanadaMMSI 003160029VHF 40range 40 NM73 NM from the area
Aids to navigation affected
- ChangedMooring buoy marking the shipwreck "P.B. Locke" · 43° 54.971'N 078° 17.930'W
- OtherMakeshift marker (blue plastic jug) replacing mooring buoy · 43 54.971N 078 17.930W
No aids-to-navigation list in the database yet; aids are shown as the warning names them.
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 19 Oct 2026, 17:57 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.
KeywordsSHIPWRECK