550 Outside Passage Marine Chart Assistant 3-Pack: West Vancouver Island

New for 2025. 

About this series: This bundle includes the #500 series mapsheets covering from Port Hardy and including North Vancouver and the west coast of Vancouver Island south to Barkley Sound.  

Mapsheets included in this bundle include:

• 506 Quatsino/Cape Caution Outside Passage Chart Assistant
• 507 Nootka/Kyuquot Outside Passage Chart Assistant
• 508 Clayoquot/Broken Group Outside Passage Chart Assistant

Use it for:

• Trip planning and logistics. 
• Augment electronic navigation with coastal overviews.
• Easily calculate distances using the UTM 1km grid lines found on all mapsheets.
• Camping. Kayakers and canoeists will find a detailed inventory of coastal camping locations throughout the mapsheets updated for 2025 as well as strategic rest areas/beaches for land access when needed.
• Anchorages. This series includes the most comprehensive list of anchorages currently available. The selection is constantly being refined and locations added or removed as we cruise the coast aboard the Wild Coast Publishing office MV Wild Coast. Note that locations are suggestions only and do not include textual support or descriptions, and locations may not be suitable in certain conditions or for certain vessels. They are recommended as starting points to research locations. Additional knowledge is recommended before deciding on an anchorage location.
• These mapsheets replace the need for marine charts for on-water orientation when not required for technical/motorized vessel navigation. Since depth soundings are not included on these mapsheets, correctly scaled marine charts should be used when electronic navigation is not available.  

All three Chart Assistants are printed on heavy synthetic paper to withstand the toughest conditions. 

For the east coast of Vancouver Island and the Inside Passage from Washington State to Smith Inlet, see the #300 Inside Passage Marine Chart Assistant Series #1: British Columbia South Coast and #500 Inside Passage Marine Chart Assistant 5-Pack: BC South Coast.

Packaging: All 2025 mapsheets ordered online will be shipped with a clip rather than a plastic wrapper. The clip will help maintain the mapsheet's folded shape while reducing plastic consumption. 

Combining with Deck Toppers: These mapsheets can be used in combination with the Deck Topper series to fill in the vast majority of the southern British Columbia coast in greater detail. Use the Inside Passage series for the larger overview necessary for a transit, and use the Deck Toppers to explore destinations of choice with a more detailed scaling. For a more detailed alternative to this bundle using Deck Toppers instead, see 600 West Coast Vancouver Island Expedition 11-Pack.

UTM Grid Lines: All 500-series mapsheets include UTM grid lines. Learn to understand and make the most of them.

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