248 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
for the latter, keeping it on that bearing until within 23 miles, wnen 
the course may be changed to about SW. 38., passing in midchannel 
between Point Divide and Doe Point. The least water is 4 fathoms at 
the entrance to the channel. Having cleared Hague Channel, bring 
Coal Bluff to bear SE. 48., and stand in for it until Point Divide bears 
S. by EK. § E., 14 miles distant and about 400 yards open of Doe Point; 
then SSE. 2 E., until Eagle Rock is abeam, keeping the above points 
a little open to clear Half-tide Rock. Then steer 8S. by E. 4. until 
Shingle Point is abeam, when a course may be laid for Mine Harbor, 
giving Bluff Point a berth of about a quarter of a mile. 
Mine Harbor is small but free from dangers, except Midway Rock, 
which shows at half tide. Anchor in from 12 to 15 fathoms, and if a 
vessel intends to remain any length of time it is advisable to moor. It 
is high water in Mine Harbor, full and change, at 8" 0™ 0s, rise 15 feet, . 
and it occurs at Entrance Point about two hours earlier, with a rise of 
10 to 12 feet. , 
Hague Channel is 1 mile in width at its northern entrance, and is 
contracted to less than half a mile between Point Divide and Doe 
Point. The tidal streams are very strong, and near high water they 
Sweep across the narrow channel and over the flats, making it impos- 
sible to steer a compass course. They are more regular near low tide, 
which is the best time to make the passage, as the channel is indicated 
by the flats showing above water on either hand. ; 
Johnston Channel has from 7 to 15 fathoms of water, but is very nar- 
row, with steep sides. It is difficult to find, but, once in, the naviga- 
tion is comparatively simple, as the tides follow the general direction of 
deep water. The width of the northern entrance is a quarter of a mile, 
which it maintains with little variation until near the southern extrem- 
ity, when it contracts to 250 yards. Having cleared the channel and 
entered the upper bay, there isample room and depth of water in every 
direction, Crow Reef being the only outlying danger. 
Anchorages may be found anywhere between Walrus Island and En- 
trance Point in case of fog, and a vessel may anchor in Hague Channel, 
but the tides are strong. There are fairly good anchorages under the 
north side of Point Divide and Doe Point, where near the bank a 
- vessel will be out of the strength of the current. The Albatross an- 
chored in midchannel a mile inside of the above points at the time of 
spring tides, and the flood came in with a bore between 2 and 3 feet in — 
height, the patent log registering a 9-knot current for some time, 
with a swell which occasionally splashed into the scuppers. There is 
fairly good anchorage off the northern entrance to Johnston Channel, 
and an excellent one at its southern extremity off Marble Point, in fact, 
almost anywhere in the upper bay where the water is not too deep. The 
last quarter of flood tide is the best time to pass through this channel. 
High land rises at the base of Harbor Point and extends to the 
northward and eastward near the center of the peninsula. Point Di- 
