658 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA. 



rowest parts, and available for vessels drawing less than 20 feet of 

 water. 



Light [Lat. 47 34' 40" N., Long. 58 58' 30" W.]. A white 

 wooden frame on the western end of Pitman island, which is on the 

 eastern side of the Eastern passage at about 900 yards within its en- 

 trance, exhibits a fixed green light at 26 feet above high water. 



The coast, westward of Dead islands, is low, and foul ground ex- 

 tends mile off it. Black shoal bearing 223, distant GOO yards from 

 Black rock, and 94, 2^ miles from Channel Head lighthouse, has 15 

 feet of water over it. 



Little ~bay, 1 mile northeastward of Channel head, is a narrow 

 creek affording shelter for small craft and may be entered by bring- 

 ing the southeastern shore to bear 52 and steering for it on that bear- 

 ing ; when the bay is entered, anchor as convenient. 



Port aux Basques [Lat, 47 33' 56" N., Long. 59 07' 45" W.], 

 westward 1 miles from Little Bay head and east-southeastward 7 

 miles from cape Ray, is entered between Shoal point to the north- 

 ward, and Channel head to the southward ; the land around it is bar- 

 ren and rocky in appearance, but the anchorage, nearly mile long 

 and 300 yards broad, with 8 to 11 fathoms of water, mud bottom, is 

 good for moderate-sized vessels. The fishing for salmon and sea 

 trout at port aux Basques is excellent. 



The southwestern shore of port aux Basques is divided by a small 

 projection into two coves, both of which are shallow ; and a govern- 

 ment wharf, alongside which there is a depth of 15 feet at low water, 

 extends from the northwestern side of the projection. When going 

 alongside this wharf, do not enter that part of the cove immediately 

 southwestward of the wharf, as the water shoals rapidly. At the 

 head of this cove is a small islet, just above high water, on which is a 

 ringbolt, to aid vessels when hauling into the narrow anchorage be- 

 tween the foul ground off this islet and Pancake rock. 



Light [Lat. 47 33' 50" N., Long. 59 07' 11" N.]. A circular 

 white lighthouse 29 feet high, with an attached dwelling, having 

 white sides and a red roof, on Channel head, exhibits, at 101 feet 

 above high water, a fixed red light, that should be seen from a dis- 

 tance of 15 miles in clear weather. 



A red brick building stands 30 feet northward of the lighthouse. 



Fog signal. A fog signal house having white sides stands about 

 65 feet southward of the lighthouse, and is connected with it by a 

 covered way. A diaphone horn, projecting from the southern end of 

 this house, and worked by compressed air, gives one blast about every 

 two minutes, thus: Blast, three and one-half seconds; interval, one 

 hundred and fourteen seconds, during thick or foggy weather. 



Channel, a large village with a population of 723, situated on the 

 mainland, just northward of the island, whose eastern end forms 

 Channel head, contains three churches and a windmill; this village 

 is conspicuous from seaward. 



Buoy. A red spar buoy is moored in 3 fathoms of water at the 

 southwestern end of the shoal extending southwestward from East 

 Baldwin rock. 



Rock. A small rock, bearing 268, distant 250 yards from East 

 Baldwin, has 10 feet of water over it, and a shoal with 3 fathoms 

 of water extends southward nearly 65 yards from the rock. 



