656 GEOGRAPHICAL, DATA. 



seconds; silence, fifteen seconds; blast, six seconds; silence, ninety- 

 three seconds, during thick or foggy weather. 



The engine house is square, flat-roofed, and painted in black and 

 while horizontal bands; the keeper's dwelling is square, white, with a 

 flat black roof, and there is a similar building close to it. 



Light [Lat. 47 36' 00" K, Long. 58 41' 55'^ W.]. A fixed red 

 lantern light is exhibited from the roof of the engine house. 



Rose Blanche harbor is tolerably easy of access and affords sheltered 

 anchorage in 8 to 9 fathoms of water, sand bottom; but the space is 

 very confined, and a vessel over 200 feet in length should moor. 



Rose Blanche village, situated principally on the peninsula which 

 forms the western side of the harbor, has a population of about 500, 

 all of whom are, directly or indirectly, dependent on the fishing 

 industry. There is a church, the spire of which is a good mark from 

 the westward; a school, and a resident medical officer. 



Rose Blanche shoals are several rocky heads, the outer of which 

 bears 221, distant 1,900 yards from the lighthouse, and has over it a 

 least depth of 2 fathoms; north-northwestward 300 yards from this 

 shoal is a patch of 2| fathoms, and northeastward 600 yards from it 

 are three other patches with less than 3 fathoms of water over them ; 

 all break heavily. 



Shag rocks, west-southwestward, distant 1 miles from Rose 

 Blanche point, are a group of rocky ledges, the highest of which is 17 

 feet high. To the southeastward of this ledge are some rocks which 

 dry 5 feet, and at 400 yards from the highest ledge there is a rock 

 with 2 fathoms over it. Bearing 40, distant 600 yards from this 

 rock, is a ledge on which the depth is from 2 to 3 fathoms. These 

 rocks break heavily in any swell, but they are steep-to, and in calm 

 weather should be approached with caution. 



The coast from inside Hopkins island trends, generally, west- 

 southwestward to a bluff point forming the eastern entrance point to 

 Mull Face bay. A rocky ledge extends 800 yards eastward, or toward 

 Duckling islet, from this point, and near its eastern end there are 

 some small rocks which dry at low water, making a good mark for 

 the northern limit of the channel inside Duck island. Between Duck 

 island and the bluff point mentioned above there are two rocks with 

 3 and 3^ fathoms of water over them. 



Yankee rocks, immediately westward of the entrance to Mull Face 

 bay, are a cluster of rocks and ledges, the highest of which is 11 feet 

 high ; at 200 yards eastward from the highest rock there is a pinnacle 

 rock which dries at low water. 



The coast from Mull Face bay trends generally westward to Baras- 

 way bay, which is much encumbered by rocks and shoals. In its 

 northwestern corner there is a conspicuous waterfall, formed by a 

 stream which flows from several large ponds between the hills. 



The coast from Barasway bay, trending still generally westward, 

 is cliffy and fairly steep-to for f mile to White head, which is con- 

 spicuous. Half a mile westward of this the coast is fronted by a 

 group of small islands, inside of which there is a fishing village named 

 Baziel. There is a narrow passage between these islands and the 

 mainland with 3 to 4 fathoms of water in it. 



Harbor island is the largest of a group of islands and ledges which 

 fronts the coast in this locality. Together with Bakers island and 

 some others it forms the sheltered anchorage named Grandy sound. 



