BIG CONNE LONG HARBOR. 189 



Avhich opens out to the northward and affords anchorage in 4^ to 18 

 fathoms water, sand and mud bottom. 



The passage eastward of Petticoat island is obstructed by rocks, 

 and can only be used by very small craft. 



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

 8h. 35m. ; springs rise 7 feet, neaps 5 feet; neaps range about 4 feet. 



Big" Conne is an open bay 2 miles westward of Femme harbor, 

 and there is anchorage in 9 to 17 fathoms water at its head. Little 

 Conne is a cove in its western shore, suitable for fishing craft; there 

 are a few houses on its southern shore. 



Long" harbor entrance is 4^ miles westward of Femme harbor; 

 Gull island lies in the entrance, and Black rock, 6 feet high, is ^ mile 

 southward of the island; a patch of sunken rocks, part of which is 

 awash at low water, lies about 200 yards westward of Black rock. 

 The harbor extends about north-northeasterly 14 miles, with a general 

 breadth of ^ mile, and it contains several anchorages. Eocks which 

 cover at high water are situated in the passage northeastward of 

 Gull island, and about 300 yards from the shore. Entering by the 

 eastern passage, keep close to Gul] island. 



A patch of sunken rocks, w^ith less than 6 feet water over it, lies 

 300 yards southwestward of Gull island. Entering by the western 

 entrance keep near the western shore. 



At 3 miles within the entrance are the narrows, where there is a 

 depth of 6^ fathoms. Just above Indian Tea island the channel is 

 only 300 yards wide between two sunken rocks with 2 feet and 5 feet 

 water over them, respectively. 



Telegraph. — There is a telegraph office at Otter point, nearly 1 

 mile from the liead of the harbor. 



Anchorages in Long harbor: 



Anderson cove, 1-^- miles within the entrance on the western shore, 

 affords anchorage in 6 to 14 fathoms water, but there is barely room 

 for a vessel 200 feet long, anchored in the middle of this cove, to 

 swing when lying at single anchor. 



There is anchorage off Tickle Beach point, immediately south- 

 westAvarcl of Ihe narrows, 3 miles within the entrance, in 7 to 9 

 fathoms Avater, mud bottom; anchor near the point, out of the tidal 

 stream, which is rapid. Large vessels should not anchor here in a 

 depth of less than 15 fathoms in order to have sufficient space. 



There is fair anchorage in 9 fathoms water, mud bottom, close off 

 Woody island, southward of the narrows; the strong tidal stream 

 runs through it, but for a large vessel it is preferable to the anchor- 

 age off Tickle beach. 



There is a basin inside Woody island for small craft, which can 

 go alongside the wharf there. 



