172 ST. PIEERE AISID MIQUELON ISLANDS. 



tion aa to the weather, wind, and the movement and condition of the 

 ice in the gulf and river St. Lawrence, during April and May, for 

 the guidance of any vessel asking for it. 



Blanche point, nearly 1 mile southwestward of Galantry head, 

 is the rocky termination of Little Harbor head, a peninsula which rises 

 conically to a height of 69 feet ; on the point is a conspicuous square 

 rock. 



Tournioure shoal is a patch extending northeastward and 

 southwestward -300 yards, with a width of 100 yards ; the least water 

 on the shoal is 2 fathoms, situated near its middle and bearing 228°, 

 1,200 yards from Blanche point. 



Bonniere shoal, with 4 fathoms of water over it. bears 215°, 

 distant 1^ miles from Blanche point. 



Ravenel bay, about a mile northwestward of Blanche point, is 

 the landing place of some telegraph cables. Its eastern shore is foul, 

 but near its western shore there is a fine, clear, sandy bottom, with 11- 

 fathoms of water and good shelter from oifshore winds. 



Shoals. — Two shoals, each with 3 fathoms of water over it, lie in 

 the entrance of Ravenel bay; the outer, from which Diamant point, 

 the western entrance point of the bay, bears 268°, distant 1.500 yards, 

 being about ^ mile from the shore. 



Marne shoal, a patch with 16 feet of water over it. bears 181°, 

 distant lyV miles from Diamant point. 



Clearing mark. — Galantry Head lighthouse, open southward of 

 Blanche point, bearing 49°, leads southeastward of Marne shoal. 



Savoyard point, the southwestern end of the island, is a pro- 

 longation of the fall of the high land. Savoyard shoal, with 3 feet of 

 water over it, bears 220°, distant 350 yards from this point, and 

 between it and Diamant point are several shoals, the outer of which, 

 Belier shoal, with 6 feet of water over it, bears 282°, distant 1,400 

 yards from Diamant point, and is 800 yards offshore. 



Henry point, the northern end of the island, is a low peninsula 

 under high land. A shoal, with 12 feet of water over it, lies close to 

 the eastern end of the low- water line, and a bank, on which the depth 

 is 4 J fathoms, bears 63°, distant 350 yards from the point. 



Great Colombier island, 492 feet high, is bold, dark, and 

 steep, and lies off Henry point, with Henry channel between. A shoal, 

 on which the depth is 2f fathoms, lies close to the western point of 

 Great Colombier. Little Colombier islet lies northeastward, nearly 

 200 yards from Great Colombier. 



Little shoal lies with the western point of Great Colombier 

 island bearing 202°, distant 500 yards; it is about 16 yards across, 

 with 4i feet water over it at low water, and is steep-to, there being 

 depths of 7 to 8 fathoms close around. 



