174 ST. PIEREE AND MIQUELON ISLANDS. 



Beacon. — A tower, 28 feet high and painted black and white in 

 horizontal stripes, stands on the eastern Bertrand rock. Vessels must 

 pass eastward of this beacon. 



St. Louis bank, with 4 feet of water over it, bears 332°, distant 

 250 yards from the beacon on Bertrand rocks. 



Buoy. — The eastern side of St. Louis bank is marked by a black 

 buoy. 



Chien island, separated by South channel, 500 yards wide, from 

 Bertrand rocks, is easily distinguished by the church and lighthouse. 



Light. — A red lighthouse, 25 feet high, on Leconte point, the 

 southwestern end of Chien island, exhibits at 62 feet above high water, 

 a fixed light, which shows white over an arc of 40° betw^een the bear- 

 ings of 296° and 336° ; red over an arc of 123° from 336°, through 90°, 

 to 99°, and should be seen from a distance of 7 miles in clear weather. 



Le Fletan rock is situated near the northern edge of the bank 

 extending from the northern side of Chien island. 



Buoy. — A buoy, painted black and white in horizontal stripes, 

 marks the northern side of le Fletan rock. 



Massacre islet, 300 yards off the northwestern end of Chien 

 island, is low. 



Vainqueur island lies northeastward of Chien island, being 

 separated by Fletans channel, which is nearly 600 yards wide, and 

 there are two patches, each with a depth of 4^ fathoms, in mid- 

 channel. Cape Chevre, the northeastern end of Vainqueur island, is 

 a mound 102 feet high, and Plat rock, 13 feet high, is nearly 200 yards 

 off it. Black rock, 20 feet high, bears 80°, distant 800 yards from the 

 same cape; and Pelee island, 51 feet high, is joined to the southern 

 end of Vainqueur island at low water. 



Gros-nez, a conspicuous rock, 27 feet high, lies in Fletans channel 

 between Chien and Vainqueur islands. 



Pig-eon island, northward 300 yards from Vainquer island, is 

 wedge-shaped, the highest part, 90 feet high, being at its northern 

 end. Some islets, named les Canailles or point aux Hots, extend 300 

 yards in a northeasterly direction from this end; they are about 20 

 feet high and steep-to on their eastern and northern sides. Hache 

 rock, 16 feet high, lies 330 yards off the eastern point of Pigeon island. 



Rocks. — Enfant perdu, a small rock, 3 feet high, with shoal 

 water extending northeastward nearly 200 yards from it, bears 113°, 

 distant 1,200 yards from Pelee island. 



Little shoal, with 10 feet of water over it, bears 119°, 350 yards 

 from Enfant perdu. 



Great shoal bears 57°, distant 670 yards from Enfant perdu, 

 and has 5 feet of water over it. 



Les Cailloux de terre, with 3 J fathoms least water, bears 215°, 

 nearly ^ mile from Enfant perdu. 



