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Milan arm extends southeastward 2 miles from Micmac islet, and 

 then turns eastward, with shallower water, for 2 miles farther. It 

 affords secure anchorage for vessels drawing 16 feet and less. 



Ice. The upper part of the arms of Pistolet and Sacred bays 

 freeze in December, and the bays from cape Norman to cape Bauld 

 fill with ice. The ice breaks up in May, early or late, according to the 

 season. 



Cape Onion [Lat. 51 36' 30" N., Long. 55 37' 00" W.~| is 259 

 feet high. A ledge extends east-northeastward 600 yards from the 

 cape, and on its outer end is the Mewstone (Gros Oignon). On the 

 ledge are two other cliffy rocks which form the northern side of 

 Onion cove, and on the southern side of the cove are some fishing 

 establishments. The southern shore of the cove is foul, and the cove 

 is open eastward. Onion island lies about east-southeastward 600 

 yards from the southern entrance point of the cove, and it is sur- 

 rounded by reefs for nearly 350 yards, except to the southward. 



Sacred bay [Lat. 51 36' 00" N., Long. 55 35' 00" W.]. Cape 

 Artimon bears eastward, 3| miles from cape Onion, and Sacred bay 

 extends south west ward about 3 miles from between these capes. 

 There are numerous islets and shoals in the bay, and West and South 

 roads are the only safe anchorages. 



Shoal. The outer shoal in the middle of the western part of the 

 bay bears 22, distant 350 yards from the eastern end of the northern 

 Moyacs island ; it has 16 feet of water over it, and is steep-to, except 

 toward the land between South and West roads, the whole of which 

 space is foul. 



Shoals. Mauvais Gars rock, lying ^ mile southeastward of Fau- 

 vette point, is small, and covers at high water. 



Bon gars and Petit gars are nearly connected to Fauvette point; 

 Bon gars, the southeastern one, situated 163, 400 yards from the 

 point, is above water, and steep-to on its southern side. 



An isolated rock, with 19 feet of water over it, lies nearly in the 

 middle of West road, with Fauvette point bearing 62, distant 700 

 yards. 



Sacred islands Great island [Lat. 51 38' 10" N., Long. 55 

 33' 20" W.], northeastward 1-& miles from the Mewstone, is nearly 

 1 mile long, north-northeastward and south-southwestward, 200 to 800 

 yards wide, 269 feet high, and covered with grass. It is almost 

 steep-to. 



Mauve bay (Noddy harbor). Noddy point bears eastward mile 

 from cape Raven, and Mauve bay extends southward 1^ miles from 

 between them. A peninsula projects from the eastern shore of the 

 bay at about ^ mile inside of Noddy point ; deep water runs in a 

 narrow channel for about 800 yards inside this peninsula, where a 

 few small vessels obtain anchorage in 3 fathoms water, good hold- 

 ing ground; westerly winds are violent, but the anchorage is safe, 

 and the sea with northerly winds does not fetch home. 



Garden cove, on the western side of the bay opposite the peninsula, 

 extends 500 yards to the westward, with shoal water about 150 yards 

 off its shores; it affords anchorage for small vessels in 16 feet of 

 water, sand bottom and fair holding ground, but an easterly swell 

 sometimes fetches in. 



The rest of the bay affords no shelter from the sea. 



