Steveston | Pacific Pilotage Authority

Vessel Movement Data | Pacific Pilotage Authority

Privacy Notice Statement | Pacific Pilotage Authority

Pleasure Craft Waivers | Pacific Pilotage Authority

Welcome | Pacific Pilotage Authority

Strategic Plan | Pacific Pilotage Authority

Access denied | Pacific Pilotage Authority

Triple Island | Pacific Pilotage Authority

Accessibility | Pacific Pilotage Authority

We couldn't find that page | Pacific Pilotage Authority

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Pacific Pilotage Authority Canada

Title / URL	Issues
Steveston \| Pacific Pilotage Authoritywww.ppa.gc.ca/node/116	1
Vessel Movement Data \| Pacific Pilotage Authoritywww.ppa.gc.ca/vessel-movement-data	1
Privacy Notice Statement \| Pacific Pilotage Authoritywww.ppa.gc.ca/privacy-notice-statement	1
Pleasure Craft Waivers \| Pacific Pilotage Authoritywww.ppa.gc.ca/pleasure-craft-waivers	1
Welcome \| Pacific Pilotage Authoritywww.ppa.gc.ca/index	1
Strategic Plan \| Pacific Pilotage Authoritywww.ppa.gc.ca/strategicplan	1
Access denied \| Pacific Pilotage Authoritywww.ppa.gc.ca/system/403	1
Triple Island \| Pacific Pilotage Authoritywww.ppa.gc.ca/node/115	1
Accessibility \| Pacific Pilotage Authoritywww.ppa.gc.ca/Accessibility	1
We couldn't find that page \| Pacific Pilotage Authorityppa.gc.ca/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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