304 CURRENTS IN THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE— FOX. 
Various opinions are held with regard to Icebergs drifting 
through this strait into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the correct one 
appears to be that bergs are occasionally found about its northern 
entrance. A few years ago one was found aground oft Forteau 
Bay in twenty-five fathoms of water with an elevation of seventy 
feet above the sea, but Icebergs are rarely, if ever, seen in the 
Gulf, to the southwest of Anticosti. 
A dangerous current sets into the Gulf from the Atlantic Ocean 
between the Newfoundland and Nova Scotia coasts, and often 
proves fatal to Ships about Cape Race. It is formed by the 
Polar Current setting down from the north on one side, and an 
offset from the Gulf Stream setting in from the southwest on the 
other. 
This current, after passing Cape Race, and along the south 
coast of Newfoundland, enters the Gulf in a northerly direction, 
between Cape Ray and Cape North, flowing towards the Island of 
Anticosti. Its velocity is increased with winds from a south to 
east direction, it frequently precedes the wind, causing very high 
tides, and giving warning to the observer on shore of an 
approaching vale, before any indications are given of it by the 
Barometer. After passing Cape Ray it is traversed obliquely by 
the Polar Current, setting down through the Straits of Belle Isle, 
and deflected to the southwest, then coming in contact with the 
shoal grounds around the Magdalen Islands, it divides; one por- 
tion running to the southwest along the south side of those Islands, 
and the other continuing its northerly course up towards the 
Island of Anticosti until coming in proximity to the south shore 
of that Island, it curves to the westward and falls into the River 
St. Lawrence current setting out to the southeast. 
The southwest stream, after passing the southeast end of the 
Magdalens, again divides, one portion swerving round to the north 
and west, up the Gulf towards the Bay de Chaleur, thence round 
the North Cape of Prince Edward Island, and enters the Straits 
of Northumberland, through which it flows towards the Strait of 
Canso. The other portion continuing its southwest course to- 
wards the East Cape of Prince Edward Island, and setting round 
that dangerous promontory, it runs westerly, and meeting the 
