654 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA. 



North "bay is shallow within its entrance, but anchorage may be 

 obtained just outside in 12 fathoms water, gravel bottom. A tele- 

 graph wire crosses the head of the bay. 



Little bay, on the west shore and bearing north-northwestward 

 from the eastern entrance point of la Poile bay, extends inland 1 

 miles in a westerly direction, and affords anchorage, in a space about 

 350 yards across, off the fishing settlement in 10 fathoms water. 

 Buoys are placed for warping vessels to the wharves. 



Communication.- The Newfoundland railway steamer from St. 

 Johns calls here weekly during summer and autumn, and there is a 

 post and telegraph office. 



La Poile harbor, the entrance of which bears northwestward from 

 the eastern entrance point of la Poile bay, is 400 yards wide and 1,700 

 yards long, as far as Pig island, which lies in mid-channel; beyond 

 Pig island it extends southwestward for ^ mile in a narrow arm to 

 its head. 



This harbor affords anchorage in 11 fathoms of water at about 

 300 yards eastward of Pig island. There are a few houses on its 

 southern shore. 



Beacon. A beacon stands on Beacon point, the southern entrance 

 point. 



The coast between la Poile bay and Garia bay, westward about 4 

 miles, is bordered by islands and rocks, which no stranger should 

 attempt to pass inside of at any time, nor shoal the water to less than 

 50 fathoms at night. 



Indian island, southeastward J mile from the eastern entrance 

 point of Garia bay, is 58 feet high, and there is a white cliff at its 

 southwestern point. 



Deer island, in Garia bay entrance, rises to a conical hill 68 feet 

 high, and is covered with dark spruce. The northern coast of Deer 

 island is generally foul. Islets and rocks extend southward f mile 

 from Deer island, the most prominent being Shag islet, which is a 

 gray rock, 32 feet high, and Black rock, the southernmost, which is 

 12 feet high. 



Garia bay [Lat. 47 38' 25" N., Long. 58 32' 00" W.] extends 

 north-northwestward 3 miles and thence turns north-northeastward 

 for 2 miles. The water in the bay is generally shallow, and the 

 anchorage for large vessels is only 300 yards wide, but that for small 

 vessels is excellent. 



Wreck island, southward about f mile from the western entrance 

 point of Garia bay, is 35 feet high, and covered with grass ; there are 

 two rocky mounds near its northwestern end. "Wreck island sunkers 

 are rocks that extend southward nearly -J mile from "Wreck island ; 

 and Offer Gob rock, bearing 208, distant f mile from Wreck island 

 summit, has 15 feet of water over it. 



Hatchers cove, a small bight completely open to the southward, 

 lies close westward of the entrance to Garia bay. The eastern part 

 of the cove is full of rocks, but there is good anchorage for small craft 

 in the remainder, in 6 to 11 fathoms water. 



Little Garia bay is westward, about 1,200 yards from Hatchers 

 cove, the eastern entrance point of the bay being Slammer point, 

 which has the appearance of an island. Firmages head, a remark- 

 able bluff, 180 feet high, is just within the eastern entrance point. 



