NW-C-4334-26
MCTS VHF services at Forillon operating intermittently, 14 Oct
No longer in forceReceived 14 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTCArchived 14 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC
Warning text
Positions open on the mapNW-C-4334-26
Date
2026-10-14 11:02 UTC To 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC
Status
Published
Title
MCTS VHF Services
Areas
Anticosti
Vicinity
Gaspé
Categories
MCTS VHF Services
Description
Les Escoumins MCTS. All services located at Forillon operating intermittently from 141300 UTC Oct 2026 until 142000 UTC Oct 2026 for maintenance.
Position
48° 50.033'N 064° 15.500'W (Forillon)
Charts
4485(NAD83)
Location map
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No longer in forceLes Escoumins MCTS VHF services located at Forillon will operate intermittently for maintenance. The intermittent operation affects the Forillon area (vicinity Gaspé/Anticosti). Activity is scheduled 14 Oct 2026 from 1300 to 2000 UTC. Mariners should be aware that VHF service availability may be unreliable during this period.
Anticipate unreliable VHF communications from Les Escoumins MCTS at Forillon; maintain alternative contact arrangements and exercise caution when relying on VHF traffic or safety communications.
- Type
- Aids to navigation · severity low
- Feed
- Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Forillon (vicinity Gaspé / Anticosti)
- Validity
- From 14 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTC
Until 14 Oct 2026, 20:00 UTCfrom 141300 UTC Oct 2026 until 142000 UTC Oct 2026 for maintenance. - Activity periods
- 14 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTC - 14 Oct 2026, 20:00 UTC (intermittent operation for maintenance)
- Hazards
- intermittent VHF MCTS service
- Charts
- 4485(NAD83)
Coast stations for this area
- RCCJRCC HalifaxCanada253 NM from the area
- RCCJRCC QuebecCanada305 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station ForillonJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160025VHF 40range 40 NM0 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station NewportJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160025VHF 40range 40 NM42 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Mont-LouisJRCC QuebecCanadaMMSI 003160026VHF 40range 40 NM64 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station CarletonJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160025VHF 40range 40 NM85 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Havre St. PierreJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160025VHF 40range 40 NM89 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 14 Oct 2026, 11:37 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.