112 CAPE KACE TO CREW POINT, 



Morth Harbor point, the west entrance point of North harbor, 

 terminates on the eastern side in a small, nearly detached, rocky penin- 

 snla. 31 feet hiu'h. off the southern extreme of which lies a sunken rock. 



North Harbor rock, Avith 6 fathoms Avater on it, bears 236°, dis- 

 tant 600 yaids, from Xorth Harbor point. 



Baker cove, situated north-northwestward of Xorth Harbor point, 

 is nearly f mile wide, ^ mile deep, and affords anchorage with offshore 

 winds in 4^ to 9 fathoms water, sand bottom. Rocks that cover ex- 

 tend a short distance from the eastern entrance point of the cove, and 

 shoal water extends a short distance from the shore and 100 yards 

 from Baker point, which is a wooded blnff about 120 feet high, pro- 

 jecting 600 yards from the coast northwestw^ard of the coA^e. 



At the head of Baker cove are two beaches of reddish shingle, 

 separated by red cliff, facing a small wooded hillock. 



Coast. — The coast from Baker cove trends northwestward for 1^ 

 miles to Placentia Man's point, with slight indentations, thence with 

 a slight change in direction, more to the northward, for 2 miles, to a 

 low wooded promontory faced b}- shale cliffs, from the foot of which 

 the shore dries a short distance. 



A few houses are built on the coast betAveen Baker cove and Placen- 

 tia Man's point. 



Communication. — There is a telegraph station of the Anglo- 

 American Telegraph Company on the southern entrance point of 

 Black river. The steamer from Placentia calls here weekly. 



Black river, from Avhich the station deriA'^es its name, is entered 

 at ^ mile nortliAvard of the point on which the station stands, and 

 may be approached to 200 yards by A'essels drawing 12 feet water. 



Ice. — Black river is generally frozen toAvard the latter end of 

 January and clear by the middle of April. 



Vicuna island, 80 feet high, lies 600 yards west-southwestward 

 from the station point ; it is about 200 yards in diameter, and coA^ered 

 with grass over gray rock. Martin Morrissey rocks, a small group 

 about 200 yards in diameter, the highest of the group being only 6 

 feet high, are nearly joined to the western extreme of Vicuna island. 



A rock 4 feet high is situated 200 yards south of Martin Morris- 

 sey rocks, and 100 yards farther in the same direction lies a rock that 

 dries 4 feet at low Avater. 



A rock that dries 6 feet bears 262°, distant ] mile from Vicuna 

 island, and a rock, Avith 3 feet water, lies betAveen that island and the 

 station point. 200 yards from the latter. 



Mouse island is small, covered Avjth grass, and 26 feet high: it is 

 J mile northwestAvard from Vicuna island. 



Pipers hole is entered through a channel 400 yards Avide. lying 

 400 yards AvestAvard from Mouse island, and extends in a nortliAvest- 

 erly direction 4 miles to the freshAvater brook at the head. 



