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The Champlain Power Express (CHPE) is a high voltage, direct current (HVDC) submarine power cable project linking the Montreal area to the New York City suburb of Yonkers. If approved, the line is expected to be commissioned in 2015.

Rogers Surveying was tasked to survey the Northern most 128 miles of the proposed route. The survey started at the Canadian border and ran to Whitehall, NY. 18 miles of the Champlain Barge canal was included in the task. The survey required the collection of high resolution multibeam bathymetry, sidescan sonar, sub bottom and magnetometer data.

The S/V RED ROGERS was loaded on our custom designed and purpose built low deck flat bed trailer for the trip to the Rouses Point, a small town on the Canadian border. There the survey started and concluded approximately 30 days later in Fort Ann, New York. The survey route encountered water depths from 10' to 400'. This posed great challenges in itself.

On board S/V Red Rogers preparing for survey operations