[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR207.470]



[Page 82-83]

 

                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 207_NAVIGATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  207.470  Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis.; use 

and navigation.



    (a) Authority of canal officers. The movement of all boats and 

floating things in the canal and in the approaches thereto shall be 

under the direction of the superintendent or his authorized assistants, 

and their orders and instructions must be obeyed.

    (b) Signals. On entering the canal at either entrance, steamers or 

tugs must blow their whistles for 1 minute in order to warn craft 

approaching from opposite direction and give them time to guard against 

collisions, by tying up if necessary. All steamers approaching others 

going in the opposite direction shall slacken speed so as to pass in 

safety. Compliance is required with rule V of the rules and regulations 

for the government of pilots, adopted by the U.S. Coast Guard.



    Rule V. Whenever a steamer is nearing a short bend or curve in the 

channel where, from the height of the banks or other cause, a steamer 

approaching from the opposite direction cannot be seen for a distance of 

half a mile, the pilot of such steamer, when he shall have arrived 

within half a mile of such curve or bend, shall give a signal by one 

long blast of the steam whistle, which signal shall be answered by a 

similar blast by the pilot of any approaching steamer that may be within 

hearing. Should such signal be so answered by a steamer upon the farther 

side of such bend, then the usual signals for the meeting and passing 

shall immediately be given and answered; but if the first alarm signal 

of such pilot be not answered, he is to consider the channel clear and 

govern himself accordingly.



    (c) Speed. The rate of speed while passing through the canal shall 

not exceed 5 miles per hour.

    (d) Keeping in the center. The center must be kept all the way 

through, except in passing other craft. In case of grounding, the rapid 

or strong working of boat's engines is strictly forbidden.

    (e)-(g) [Reserved]

    (h) Rafts. (1) The passage of bag or sack rafts, or of loose logs, 

into or through the canal is prohibited.

    (2) Rafts shall be made up with logs parallel to each other, in the 

direction of raft lengths, secured and held closely together by frequent 

cross-sticks, chains, or cables.

    (3) Rafts shall not be of greater dimensions, either way, than 50 

feet wide by 600 feet long, and if longer than 300 feet shall be handled 

by two tugs.

    (4) No raft shall pass through the canal, unless by special 

permission of the superintendent or his authorized assistants, who will 

direct a time for passing that will least interfere with other 

navigation.

    (5) Masters of tugs and other persons in charge of rafts are 

required to avoid damaging the canal revetments, and displacing buoys, 

spars, or the pedestal of any range light aiding navigation through the 

canal. They shall keep careful watch when passing aids to navigation, 

and should any be accidentally displaced, shall report the fact at



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the earliest possible moment to the superintendent or his authorized 

assistants.

    (i)-(l) [Reserved]

    (m) Refuse in canal. No person shall roll or throw any stones, 

ashes, cinders, or other material into the canal or the approaches 

thereto, or place any such material on any bank or berm of the canal so 

that it is liable to be thrown or roll in.

    (n)-(o) [Reserved]



[Regs., Feb. 15, 1895, as amended Apr. 14, 1908; 42 FR 57962, Nov. 7, 

1977; 56 FR 13765, Apr. 4, 1991]