---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 42.05-40"
title: "46"
number: "42.05-40"
heading: "Great Lakes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/42.05-40"
---

# §42.05-40. Great Lakes.

- (a) This term means the Great Lakes of North America.
- (b) As used in this part, the term solely navigating the Great Lakes includes any special service coastwise navigation performed by the vessel.
- (c) **In concurrence with related Canadian regulations, the waters of the St.** Lawrence River west of a rhumb line drawn from Cap de Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island, and west of a line along 63° W. longitude from Anticosti Island to the north shore of the St. Lawrence River shall be considered as a part of the Great Lakes. In addition, the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada, is the dividing line between fresh water and salt water in the St. Lawrence River.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10051, July 12, 1968, as amended by CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 12290, May 10, 1973]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; section 42.01-5 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10051, July 12, 1968, as amended by CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 12290, May 10, 1973]