190 , CREW POINT TO CAPE EAY. 



Above Tickle head there is good anchorage, out of the tidal stream, 

 with moderate depth of water and good shelter. 



There is good anchorage in 5 fathoms w^ater in Schooner cove, 8 

 miles above Gull island, at a point where Billy island, at the head of 

 the harbor, oi)ens, bearing about 41°. 



Tides and tidal streams.— It is high water, full and change, in 

 Long harbor, at 8h. 50m.; springs rise 7 feet, neaps 5^ feet; neaps 

 range 4 feet. 



It is high water, full and change, at Schooner cove at about 9h. Om. 



The tidal stream past Tickle point probably attains at times a rate 

 of 3 knots an hour. 



The greatest rate of the ebb stream off Woody island is 1-J knots 

 an hour, and that of the flood ^ knot. 



The ebb stream has sufficient strength at Schooner cove to keep a 

 vessel broadside on to a strong breeze. 



Belle bay. — Long Harbor point bears 224°, 1^^ miles from Gull 

 island, and the southern point of Chapel island bears 252°, distant 

 10 miles from Long Harbor point; the entrance to Belle bay, which 

 contains numerous islets and islands, lies between Long Harbor point 

 and Chapel island. 



Hare harbor lies about 1^ miles northwestward of Long Harbor 

 point and eastward of some islets; it is only suitable for fishing craft. 



"WTiite rock, with 3| fathoms of water over it, lies TOO yards west- 

 ward of the southern islet. 



Mai bay entrance is 2 miles northwestward of Hare harbor, and 

 the bay extends north-northeastward 5 miles; there is anchorage near 

 the head of the bay, which is narrow; use caution when anchoring, 

 for the water shoals suddenly from 23 to 5 fathoms. 



Rencontre islands are immediately west-northwestward of Mai 

 bay; the largest, 464 feet high, is joined to the mainland at low 

 water. 



Southern harbor stretches into the southern side of this island; it 

 is narrow and open to southerly winds. 



Anchorage may be obtained eastward of the isthmus joining the 

 large island to the mainland and off Salmonier village, sheltered by 

 the two smaller islands to the southward ; to enter, keep in mid- 

 channel between the islands and the mainland. 



A rocky ledge, with a depth of 3 fathoms over it, extends some 

 distance off the village ; and a small rock, with 4 feet of water over it, 

 lies about 200 yards offshore, with Low point, a low shelving point at 

 the western end of the harbor, in line w^ith a small solitary house on 

 the northeastern end of Rencontre island, bearing 272°, and a small 

 rock about 3 feet high, close westward of Stage point, in line with 

 the eastern end of Rencontre island. 



