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north shore is situated a smaller rock, from which two rocks that clr}^ 

 at low water extend to the southward. 



Directions. — To enter, pass north or south of Sugarloaf island in 

 midchannel, and then betw^een the two smaller islets west of it. The 

 anchorage is in 7 fathoms, close within the islets. A small rock lies 

 close to the shore west of the anchorage. Several houses are built at 

 the head of the cove. 



Isle of Valen harbor, on the southern side of the island, is avail- 

 able only for small vessels; it is sheltered by Little isle of Valen. 

 Dutch cap, and Canary isles. A wharf is situated on the east shore, 

 alongside which vessels may lie in 5 fathoms, but the approach is 

 encumbered with shoals. 



Isle of Valen harbor may be recogTiized by a flagstaff erected on a 

 small hillock 38 feet above high water, on the northeastern side of the 

 entrance, which is about 50 yards wide and clear of danger. Immedi- 

 ately within, the harbor expands to 150 yards in diameter, and the 

 wharf is situated oil the north side of this expansion. Again narrow- 

 ing, and with a sharp bend to the northward, the harbor then opens 

 into a perfectly sheltered basin 250 yards in diameter. Both outer and 

 inner portions have an even depth of 5 fathoms, but a bar joins the 

 opposite shore just within the narrows, Avith only 12 feet on it at low 

 water, and a sunken rock lies in the middle of the bend, off two islets. 

 The point close north of the w^harf is foul for a few yards, otherwise 

 rhe shores are steep-to. Small vessels may lie in perfect safety in the 

 outer basin or alongside the wharf. 



Ice. — Isle of Valen harbor occasionally freezes during severe win- 

 ters, but, the ice being as a rule thin, anchorage can generally be ob- 

 tained. 



Coininunication. — The steamer from Placentia calls at Isle of 

 Valen harbor weekly. 



Dutch cap is a conical island, 600 yards long, 266 feet high, and 

 composed of two parts, joined by a low narrow isthmus. The north- 

 western and lower part is faced by reddish cliffs. 



A channel 100 yards w^ide, with 6 fathoms in it, separates Dutch 

 Cap island from the south extreme of Great Isle of Valen. 



Three rocks that cover at high water lie nearly 200 yards from the 

 southeastern side of Dutch Cap island. 



Little isle of Valen, f mile long, 400 yards broad, and 327 feet 

 high, is separated at its northern end from Dutch Cap island by a 

 passage 600 yards wide. The western end of Little isle of Valen is 

 low, and a short distance from it is an isolated rock, with 8 feet water 

 over it. A ledge, 100 yards in extent, with 3 feet water over the 

 shoalest part, lies 133 yards southeastward of the southern end, and 

 a rock, with 5 feet water on it, lies 200 yards from the northeastern 

 end. 



