164 CAPE RACE TO CREW POINT, 



Port au bras, a narrow arm affording good shelter for small 

 vessels, extends in a northerly direction about 1.300 yards on the 

 western side of Bras point, which lies northward nearly ^ mile from 

 Pardy point. 



Little Burin harbor entrance is ^ mile in a westerly direction 

 from Charlie island, situated close to the northern part of Pardy 

 island. The harbor affords anchorage in 8 to 9 fathoms water, in 

 a space 600 yards long and 400 yards broad, but the entrance, between 

 Jersey and Simmons island, is only 100 yards wide, narrowed by a 

 rock, with 8 feet water over it, lying about 100 yards southward of 

 Jersey. To enter, keep Simmons island on the southern side of the 

 entrance, close aboard. 



Comniunication. — Steamers from Placentia and St. Johns call 

 at Little Burin harbor weekly during sunnner and autumn. 



Coal. — A small supply of coal can generally be obtained at Burin. 



Ice. — Burin harbors freeze occasionally during severe winters 

 from the middle of February to early in March, but the ice seldom 

 iviterferes with the anchorage; eastern ice is occasionally drifted onto 

 the shore. 



Ship cove, southward of Little Burin harbor, is 1,200 yards long, 

 Avith a width of 600 yards at the entrance, diminishing gradually to 

 its head. A rock, with 11 feet water over it, lies northeasterly 50 

 yards from Troak point, and a shoal, on which the depth is 3 feet, the 

 same bearing and distance from Jeans j)oint, the next southward of 

 Troak point. 



Anchorag'e. — There is anchorage in 11 to 13 fathoms water, 

 sand or mud bottom, with good shelter; in a strong breeze a large 

 vessel should moor. 



Poor rock, with 12 feet water over it, is at the end of the ledge 

 extending southwestward 350 yards from Poor island, at the entrance 

 to Biu'in inlet, and is steep-to on its western side. 



Woody island, 100 feet high, lies 700 yards northwestward from 

 Poor island ; there is a clear passage on each side of this island. 



Burin inlet extends in a northerly direction 5 miles from Woody 

 island ; it is :| mile wide for 2 miles, expanding to 1^ miles at 3 miles 

 from the entrance. To enter, pass westward of Woody island, keep 

 the western shore aboard to avoid some rocks close to the eastern point 

 just within the entrance, and round Spoon point, f mile from the 

 entrance on the western shore, at the distance of 200 yards into Spoon 

 cove to clear Stag rock, the end of a ledge extending 500 yards off the 

 eastern shore. AATien the entrance points close, bearing 1T7°, keep in 

 mid-channel to the anchorages. 



Anchorages. — Anchor off Back cove, 2 miles within the en- 

 trance, in 15 fathoms of water, southward of Sugarloaf island, a 



