684 GEOGBAPHICAL, DATA. 



St. Margaret lay [Lat. 51 02' 00" N., Long. 57 00' 00" W.] is 

 entered between Black point and Dog peninsula ; this peninsula bears 

 46, distant 1 miles from the point, and is of moderate height, cov- 

 ered with brushwood, and faced by cliffs. 



The bay extends 3| miles southeastward, but the eastern portion 

 is filled with islets and shoal banks, among which only very small 

 craft can find shelter. 



Ice. St. Margaret bay freezes late in November or in December, 

 and the ice breaks up about the middle of May. 



The coast from the northern point of Dog peninsula to Grave 

 point, situated 3 miles eastward, is low and indented with several 

 open coves, on the shores of which are some huts. It is difficult to 

 distinguish from a distance. Shoal water extends 700 yards off the 

 shore of Dog cove, which lies eastward of the peninsula, and less than 

 400 yards off other parts of the coast, 



Brig bay [Lat. 51 03' 30" N., Long. 56 54' 15" W.] is imme- 

 diately southeastward of Grave point. A rock, with 15 feet of water 

 over it, bears 18, distant 450 yards from Grave point, and there are 

 depths of less than 5 fathoms between it and the point. 



Entrance island bears 29, distant mile from Grave point, and 

 lies on the northeastern side of South pass, the entrance to Brig buy 

 and to Old Ferolle harbor. It is about 200 yards across, 10 feet high, 

 and covered with gray flat stones. Rocks that cover, and shoal water 

 extend 465 yards southwestward of the island, and shoal water ex- 

 tends 200 yards off the northwestern side, but the southeastern side is 

 bold-to. A shingle spit, steep-to, extends 100 yards eastward of it. 



Beacons. A pile of stones, surmounted by a pole, stands on En- 

 trance island, and there is a beacon on West mound, 52 feet high. 300 

 yards within the southwestern end of Old Ferolle island. Two lead- 

 ing beacons, consisting of poles surmounted by white casks, are sit- 

 uated on the shore southeastward of Front point. Three beacons 

 stand on Grave point. Dependence should not be placed on these 

 beacons being in position. 



Old Ferolle island [Lat. 51 05' 00" N., Long. 56 53' 15" W.]. 

 The southwestern end of this island lies northward 200 yards from 

 Entrance island ; the channel between is shoal, and there is a small 

 rock in the middle, but it is used by boats and small schooners. Old 

 Ferolle island is 1^ miles long in a northeasterly and southwesterly 

 direction, generally about 400 yards wide, 69 feet high, bare on its 

 northwestern side, and covered with gray flat stones. 



Fish island lies northward 600 yards from Old Ferolle island ; a 

 shallow flat, on which are three islets and some rocks, connects them. 



Old Ferolle harbor, between Old Ferolle island, with the islands 

 northward of it, and the mainland, is about 1 mile long in a direction 

 parallel to Old Ferolle island, about 300 yards broad, between the 

 5-fathom lines southeastward of Old Ferolle island, with an an- 

 chorage about 800 yards long in a northerly and southerly direction, 

 and over 200 yards wide, northeastward of that island, is entered 

 by Southern pass, southwestward of Entrance island, and Northern 

 pass, northeastward of Fish island, the latter being available only 

 for small vessels. 



Seal cove, north-northeastward, mile from Fish island, is open 

 westward and does not afford good anchorage. A reef extends south- 

 westward, 350 yards from Seal point, the northern point of this cove. 



