TEEPASSEY. VILLAGE CAPE PINE. 89 



Directions. — Vessels bound into Trepassey harbor in thick weather 

 should try to make the land on the western side of Trepassey bay, 

 about Baker head, which is bold and lies about 3 miles southwest 

 from the entrance to Trepassej" harbor. 



From off Baker head, a precipitous bluff 360 feet high, steer toward 

 the entrance of the harbor and keep in the fairwa3^ Sims point, at 

 the southeastern side of entrance to the northeastern arm of harbor, 

 open of Beach point, the northern end of Powles peninsula bearing 

 28°, clears Savadown rock, and Baker head, the outer extreme of 

 land on the west shore, open of Skinner rocks, also on west shore, 

 bearing 218°, clears Meadow bank. 



When about 600 yards above Beach point, anchor in 5 fathoms 

 water, with Beach point and Powles head in line, bearing 207°, or 

 proceed to the anchorage northward of Meadow point, passing be- 

 tween Meadow spit and Emerald shoal, with Daniel point bearing 

 about 354°. 



Ice. — During winter, if the ice is heavy on the east coast, blocking 

 access to St. Johns and the eastern harbors, Trepassey harbor may 

 be safely entered, as it is only occasionally blocked by field ice, which 

 arrives about May 1 and leaves about May 10. Winds from north- 

 northeast clear the bay of ice; winds southward of east fill the bay 

 with ice; and southerly winds pack it. The last vessel generally 

 leaves the bay about the end of September. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Trepassey harbor at 

 7h. Om. ; springs rise 6^ feet, neaps 5 feet. The rate of the tidal 

 stream is only ^ mile an hour. 



Trepassey village, with its neat Roman Catholic chapel, is on 

 northern part of Powles peninsula and extends over to the mainland 

 on the eastern side of the harbor, and it may be seen from Mutton 

 bay and from seaward over the shingle beach. There is good sea 

 trout fishing at Trepassey. 



Communication. — A steamer from St. Johns calls here weekly 

 from early in May until December. There is telegraphic communi- 

 cation with and a road leading to St. Johns, distant 70 miles. There 

 is a weekly mail service to and from St. Johns by road. 



Water can be obtained from a stream near Meadow spit. 



The shore of Trepassey bay from the entrance of the harbor 

 to Baker head, a distance of about 3 miles southwestward, is covered 

 with brushwood. Baker head is a precipitous bluff, 360 feet high, 

 whence the shore to cape Pine, southwestward, distant 4 miles, is 

 barren. 



Cape Pine is composed of slate cliffs 200 feet high; on its south- 

 western side the land is not so steep, but the coast in this vicinity is 

 all fringed with slate rocks in nearly vertical strata. The cape is 

 bare of trees and the land rising at the back is rockv and barren. In 



