Navigation on Kawagama Lake

This past summer the KLCA installed three new lighted markers. They were located in Minden Bay, around Sand Island and the shoul stretching east of the island. The starboard bifurcation bouy marks the point where a channel divides when viewed from a vessel proceeding in the upstream direction and indicates that the preferred channel is on the port (left) side of the buoy. This buoy is coloured red with one broad green horizontial band and carries a red light with a flashing group of (F1) (2+1) 6S which means a flashing frequency of on 0.3 sec, off 0.4 sec, on 0.3sec, off 1.2sec, on 0.3sec, off 3.5sec and repeats every 6 seconds. On the east side of the shoul a starboard hand buoy marks the starboard location of a danger which must be kept on the vessel's starboard (right) side when proceeding in the upstream direction. This buoy is coloured red and carries a red light with a flashing group of F1 4S, on 0.5 sec, off 3.5 sec and repeats every 4 sec.

On Sand Island a port hand marker marks the port (left) side of a channel or the location of a danger which must be kept on the vessel's port (left) side when proceeding in the upstream direction. This port hand marker is a green square centered on a white background with a green border and carries a green light with a flashing group of (F1) 4S on 0.5 sec off 3.5 sec and repeats every 4 sec.

We hope this new installation will help clear up any confusion there is about navigation in Minden Bay.