88 CAPE RACE TO CEEW POINT. 



Powles peninsula, 2^ miles long north-northeastward and soutli- 

 sontliwestward and 800 to 1,000 yards wide, forms the western side 

 of Mutton bay and the eastern side of Trepassey harbor; it is con- 

 nected to the mainland by a narrow shingle beach. Powles head, the 

 southern end of the peninsula, rises to the height of 120 feet, while 

 the land on the western shore of the harbor rises to heights of 400 and 

 500 feet. 



Light. — A square white lighthouse, with sloping sides 30 feet 

 high, on the southern end of Powles head, exhibits, at 101 feet above 

 high water, an intermittent white light, thus: light, 1 second; 

 eclipse, 1 second, which should be seen, in clear weather, a distance of 

 14 miles. 



The keeper's dwelling is attached to the lighthouse and painted 

 white. 



Fog signal. — A diaphone trumpet, operated by compressed air, 

 from a white building situated southeastward of the lighthouse on 

 Powles head, sounds, during thick or foggy weather, blasts of 5 sec- 

 onds duration, separated by silent intervals of 112 seconds. 



Signals. — The lighthouse is supplied with the Internationa] code 

 of signals. 



Shoals.^ — Shoal ground extends 300 yards southward of Powles 

 head and 800 yards southward from the point northeastward of it. 



Trepassey harbor extends about 5 miles in a northeast by north 

 direction, with a general width of 600 yards to -J mile. A bank with 

 3 to 5 fathoms water on it stretches off the western shore and leaves a 

 narrow channel, with 5 to 6 fathoms water in it, off Powles peninsula. 

 The northeastern part of this bank is called Meadow bank and has 

 depths of 3 to 12 feet water on it; Meadow spit at the northeastern 

 end of Meadow bank dries for nearly 300 yards offshore. 



Savadown rock, with 6 feet water on it, lies about 1,200 yards 

 northeastward of the western point of Powles peninsula, and bears 

 264^ from the first gravel beach, 1 mile northeast from Powles head, 

 and 160 yards offshore. 



Emerald shoal, about 700 yards south-southeastward of Daniel 

 point (which divides the northern end of the harbor into two parts), 

 and 270 yards off the eastern shore, has a depth of 11 feet over it at 

 low water springs, mud, sand, and stones bottom, and 2 to 4 fathoms 

 awound it. 



Anchorage. — The usual anchorage, in 5 fathoms water, mud bot- 

 tom, 600 yards north-northeastward of Beach point, is sheltered; but 

 the best anchorage is completely landlocked in 7 fathoms water, mud 

 bottom, above Meadow point. 



Pilots. — Fishing boats from Trepassey are nearly always to be 

 found in the offing, and the fishermen are generally qualified to act 

 as pilots. 



