166 CAPE RACE TO CEEW POINT. 



Harbor shoal lies southward 150 yards from the peninsula at 

 the inner end of the harbor, 1^ miles inside of the entrance. 



Anchorage. — Large vessels anchor temporarily in 11 to 15 

 fathoms of water, but a heavy sea rolls in with southerly w^inds. 



Small vessels lie in safety northward of the peninsula at the head 

 of the harbor in 2| to 4 fathoms of water, mud bottom ; in proceeding 

 to this anchorage keep the western shore close aboard to avoid Harbor 

 shoal. 



Water. — A cascade falls into the eastern side of the harbor, just 

 within the peninsula. 



Middle head, separating the entrances of Little and Great St. 

 Lawrence harbors, slopes from Blow-me-down, a conspicuous hill, 

 420 feet high, on the western shore of Little St. Lawrence harbor at 

 1,700 yards to the northward; the shore is bluff, with deep water 

 close-to. 



Shoals. — Point rock, with 4 fathoms of water over it. bears 211°, 

 distant 450 yards; Butler rock, wdth 5 fathoms, bears 152°, 450 yards; 

 and Garden bank, with 9 fathoms, bears 124°, 1,200 yards from 

 Middle head. 



Great St. Lawrence harbor is 2J miles long, and ^ mile wide, 

 for 1^ miles, when it narrows to 600 yards between Blue Beach point 

 on the western and Herring cove on the eastern shore. A beach of 

 shingle stretches off the western shore at 800 yards from the head. 

 There is a large settlement around the harbor. 



Anchorag'es. — xVnchor in 10 to 20 fathoms of water at the en- 

 trance, or in 12 fathoms off Herring cove ; small vessels shelter north- 

 ward of the shingle beach in 2^ fathoms. 



The anchorage off Herring cove is not recommended during south- 

 westerlj'' winds, as heavy squalls are then experienced, and southerly 

 gales send a heavy sea into the outer parts of the harbor. 



Ice. — Great St. Lawrence harbor seldom freezes so that anchorage 

 can not be obtained, but eastern ice is occasionally drifted into it. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Great St. LaAvrence 

 harbor at 8h. 30m. ; springs rise 7 feet, neaps 4 feet. 



Water. — ^A stream flows into the eastern side of the harbor nearly 

 opposite the shingle beach. 



Communication. — Steamers from St. Johns and Placentia call 

 at Great St. Lawrence harbor weekly during summer and autumn. 



Chapean rouge, a remarkable conical hill 748 feet high, situated 

 westward 900 yards from Cape Chapean rouge, the western entrance 

 point of Great St. Lawrence harbor, is generally sighted by vessels 

 bound to the south and east coasts from the westward. 



E/Osey rock, with 12 feet of water over it, is situated 150 yards 

 offshore, and bears 211°, distant 1,400 yards from Cape Chapean 

 rouge. 



