BLUFF HEAD SHOAL LAMALIN SHAG ROCK. 169 



lor Bay point in line with Point rock, bearing- 63°. leads northward 

 of the shoals lying westward of Shag rock. In entering the bay by 

 the channel between Frank rock and John Walsh shoal, when the 

 latter mark is on, keep northwestward and bring the highest of 

 Berry hills in line with Strand rock, the leading mark for the 

 entrance. 



Bluff Head shoal, with 4i fathoms least water over it. lies with 

 Bluff Head lighthouse bearing 336°, distant f mile. 



Page rock, with 4f fathoms least water over it, lies with Blutl 

 Head lighthouse bearing 24°, distant 1.300 yards. 



Lamalin harbor, situated northward of Allan island, is only 

 suitable for fishing craft during summer; there is a considerable 

 settlement on the northern part of the island. 



Small vessels anchor in Lamalin harbor, northeastward of Allan 

 island, but no attempt should be made to enter or leave the harbor 

 without a pilot: vessels must be prepared to leave should the Avind 

 freshen from the southward. 



Lamalin road, between Allan island on the east and Morgan 

 island on the west, affords anchor-age in 4^ fathoms of water, but it 

 should be used for temporary shelter only, as the swell always rolls in. 



Besides a shoal, with 7 feet least water over it, other shoals with 

 from 13 to 30 feet of water, lie near the middle of the entrance; to 

 clear them keep either shore aboard. 



The western barn, on the northern shore of Lamalin road, open 

 eastward of Morgan island, bearing 341°, leads eastward of these 

 shoals. 



Lamalin Shag rock, an islet 20 feet high, with a rock close off 

 its western side, lies off the southern end of Morgan island, and there 

 is a rock with 9 feet of water over it southwestward 200 yards from 

 the rock. 



Ice. — Lamalin harbor is occasionally closed by field ice to the 

 thickness of 6 inches for ten days at a time, but at intervals of from 

 five to ten years it is frozen over; vessels arrive about June and leave 

 in November. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Lamalin harbor at 

 8h. 25m.; springs rise 7| feet, neaps 5^ feet; neaps range 4| feet. 



Communication. — Steamers from St. Johns and Placentia call 

 at Lamalin bay weekly during summer and autumn. 



The coast from Lamalin to Crew point, northwestward 8 miles, 

 is low and fronted by sandy beaches, rising to a moderate height in 

 long sloping hills at some distance inland. 



Piercey hill, wooded, about 100 feet high, near the shore at 2 miles 

 westward of Lamalin road, has a double summit, close to which are 

 some houses. Flagstaff' point is a small conical hillock 26 feet high. 

 There are groups of white houses at High beach. 



