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and this side of the bay eastward of Ourson point is foul, but the 

 northern side is clear except for Cook bank ; there is a salmon fishery 

 in the northeastern part of the bay, from which shallow water extends 

 500 yards, and Torrent river flows into the eastern side. 



Keppel harbor, eastward of Keppel island and within Keppel point, 

 is 1 mile long and nearly mile wide, but shoal water extends mile 

 from the head. 



Port Saunders entrance is northeastward of Keppel island and 

 400 yards wide between Saunders point on the south and Two Hills 



Eoint, a wooded hill with a double summit, on the north, and the 

 arbor extends eastward 2 miles, with an average width of mile. 



Ice. Port Saunders freezes late in November or early in December, 

 and the ice breaks up between April 20 and May 10. 



Communication. During summer and autumn the steamer from 

 Bay of Islands calls at port Saunders weekly and the steamer from 

 Halifax monthly. 



The shore of Ingornachoix bay from Two Hills point trends north- 

 northwestward for 4 miles to Gargamelle cove, and caution is required 

 in its approach, as rocky ground, with less than 5 fathoms water 

 over it, extends off it in places for distances of to f mile. 



Rich point [Lat. 50 41' 52" N., Long. 57 24' 35" W.] is the 

 northern point of Ingornachoix bay and the western end of Rich 

 Point peninsula. 



Light [Lat. 50 41' 52" N., Long. 57 24' 20" W.]. A white 

 octagonal lighthouse, 64 feet high, with a red lantern, on Rich point, 

 exhibits, at 98 feet above high water, a flashing white light, showing 

 two flashes every five seconds, thus: Light 0.25 second, eclipse 0.75 

 second, light 0.25 second, eclipse 3.75 seconds. The light should be 

 seen from a distance of 15 miles in clear weather. The keeper's 

 dwelling near the lighthouse is white. 



Wireless telegraph station. There is a wireless telegraph station at 

 Rich Point lighthouse. 



Old Port au Choix (locally Back arm), on the southeastern side of 

 Port au Choix peninsula, is 1 mile long, | mile wide at the entrance 

 and ^ mile at the head; shoals, which partly dry, extend off its north- 

 western shore, but the southeastern shore is nearly bold-to; it is en- 

 tered by two channels, one on each side of Querre islet. 



Quen^e islet, in the middle of the entrance, is 350 yards long in a 

 northeasterly and southwesterly direction, 100 yards wide, and bold-to 

 on the northwestern side, but the other coasts are foul. 



Ardent rock lies less than 150 yards westward from Querre islet, 

 and is joined to Port au Choix peninsula by shoal water. Ardent tail, 

 a shoal, extends 200 yards northeastward from the rock. 



Beacons. A beacon stands on the southwestern end of Querre islet, 

 and a similar beacon on a small cliff on the southeastern shore of the 

 port; these beacons in line bear 200. 



At the head of the harbor are three pyramidal beacons. Lower 

 pyramid, the lowest of these, is on the shore; the middle one, sur- 

 mounted by a ball, is about 350 yards behind it ; and Gargamelle pyra- 

 mid, the third, is on the summit of the land at rather over 100 yards 

 inside of the northwestern shore of Gargamelle cove ; these beacons in 

 line bear 223. 



A beacon stands on the shore, bearing 132, distant mile from 

 Querre Islet beacon ; and two beacons are situated on the shore, bear- 



