142 CAPE RACE TO CREW POINT. 



Bennett bank, about 2 miles in length east-northeast and west- 

 southwest, and f mile in breadth, with general depths of 10 to 25 

 fathoms over it, has a least depth of 5f fathoms on HoUett rock, 

 which bears 193°, distant 6 miles from Scrape Cove head. Bennett 

 bank is 1 mile southeast of White Sail bank, from which it is 

 separated by a deep and narrow guile}". 



Caution. — In navigating the eastern part of Placentia bay, a clear 

 passage may be obtained by keeping in line, from as far southward as 

 possible, Iron island and Dog islands, bearing 20°. 



Marticot island, 4 miles southwestward of White Sail head on the 

 northwestern shore of Placentia bay, is 1^ miles long and nearly 1 

 mile wide, and consists of two high parts joined by a low, marshy 

 isthmus. Marticot Back cove, on the southern side of the isthmus, 

 is 850 yards deep, with sides of steep cliff, and is quite open, with 

 rocks extending a short distance off both entrance points. 



Close off the northern end of the island are some low rocks, with 

 a shoal having white bottom a short distance off them. Marticot 

 cove, northward of the isthmus, has a shingle beach at its head and is 

 foul for a short distance around its shores, but it affords anchorage in 

 8 fathoms water, sheltered from southwesterly winds. Rocks extend 

 a short distance from its eastern point, and a shoal, with 5 fathoms 

 water over it, lies 65°, distant 400 yards from them. 



Gull shoal, with 13 feet water over it, bears 176°, distant ^ mile 

 from Gull rocks, a cluster of cliffy islands off the southern end of the 

 island. 



Shoals. — Southward of Marticot island are several shoals, some of 

 which break in bad weather. They are : The Point, with 5^ fathoms, 

 1 mile east-southeastward of Gull rocks; Western grounds, with 8 

 fathoms ; Middle shoal, with 4^ to 5^ fathoms ; Larkin bank, with 4^ 

 fathoms; Bill White rock, with 4 fathoms, the last being just north- 

 ward of Long Island bank. 



To pass eastward of all the above shoals, as well as of Spicer rocks 

 (see p. 141), keep points of Margaret and Breakheart in line from 

 abreast Jude island to abreast Presque harbor. 



Fox island is situated northwestward of Marticot island, leaving 

 a channel 250 yards wide between. A rock, with 12 feet water over it, 

 lies off the southeastern entrance to this channel bears 124°, distant 

 300 yards from the southeastern end of Fox island. This island is 

 almost joined to the southwestern point of Paradise at low water. 



Rock. — A rock that breaks in ordinary weather bears 306°, dis- 

 tant I mile from the southwestern end of Fox island. The summit of 

 Marticot island, open southward of Fox island, bearing about 117°, 

 leads southward, and a remarkable peak up Paradise sound, open of 

 Ked Cove head, about 16°, leads westward of this rock. 



