NW-C-4616-26
Received: 1 Nov 2026, 00:00Updated: 1 Nov 2026, 12:53
analysis
Scheduledstarts 02 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC (in 12 h)Ice boom installation at Île Bizard, Rivière des Prairies (west)
Installation of an ice boom at Île Bizard in the west Rivière des Prairies beginning 02 Nov 2026. Works will take place Monday to Thursday from 1200 to 2230 UTC with tugs and barges on site. Minimum wake is requested. Mariners should expect navigation obstruction and restricted manoeuvring in the marked area.
Proceed with caution, keep a minimum wake as requested, be prepared to encounter tugs and barges and restricted manoeuvring in the area.
- Type
- Offshore operations · severity moderate
- Feed
- Offshore works, rigs and towing, IceAll warnings of this kind on the map (contributors), or as an API feed: /api/v2/feeds/offshore/
- Location
- Riviere des Prairies - west, vicinity Île Bizard
- Validity
- From 02 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC
Île Bizard ice boom installation taking place Monday to Thursday from 1200 UTC until 2230 UTC beginning 02 Nov 2026. - Activity periods
- 02 Nov 2026, 12:00 UTC - 02 Nov 2026, 22:30 UTC (Monday to Thursday 1200-2230 UTC beginning 02 Nov 2026 (daily on those days))
- Hazards
- ice boom installation, tugs and barges on site, navigation obstruction, restricted manoeuvring
- Charts
- 1509(NAD83)
Vessels involved
- Unnamed · tug
- Unnamed · barge
Coast stations for this area
- RCCJRCC QuebecCanada135 NM from the area
- RCCJRCC TrentonCanada177 NM from the area
- RCCRCC BostonUnited States225 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station MontrealJRCC QuebecCanadaMMSI 003160028VHF 40range 40 NM13 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Mont RigaudJRCC QuebecCanadaMMSI 003160028VHF 40range 40 NM19 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Mont-St. BrunoJRCC QuebecCanadaMMSI 003160028VHF 40range 40 NM22 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station L’AcadieJRCC QuebecCanadaMMSI 003160028VHF 40range 40 NM25 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station SorelJRCC QuebecCanadaMMSI 003160028VHF 40range 40 NM45 NM from the area
Generated automatically from the warning text on 01 Nov 2026, 12:57 UTC. It can be wrong: the original warning below is the authoritative text.
Message content
NW-C-4616-26
Date
2026-11-01 12:03 UTC
Status
Published
Title
Obstruction
Areas
Riviere des Prairies - west
Vicinity
Île Bizard
Categories
Ice Boom - Installation or Removal
Description
Île Bizard ice boom installation taking place Monday to Thursday from 1200 UTC until 2230 UTC beginning 02 Nov 2026. Tugs and barges on site.
Minimum wake requested.
Position
Centroid : 45° 29.949'N 073° 51.626'W
Pt 1: 45° 29.928'N 073° 51.772'W
Pt 2: 45° 30.005'N 073° 51.530'W
Pt 3: 45° 29.968'N 073° 51.491'W
Pt 4: 45° 29.895'N 073° 51.697'W
Charts
1509(NAD83)