ST. JACQUES HARBOR BOXEY ROCK. 193 



A Avhite dwelling with a flat roof stands a short distance from the 

 light tower. 



St. Jacques harbor, the entrance of which is ^ mile northwest- 

 ward of the island, is clear of shoals, except a small spit off the east- 

 ern point. 



Anchorage. — There is anchorage in the harbor, with good shelter, 

 in 4 to 17 fathoms water, but in its northwestern part anchorage 

 should not be taken in a less depth than 9 fathoms, as in shoaler water 

 the bottom is rocky with kelp. 



Settlement. — A settlement surrounds the harbor; water and wood 

 can be obtained, but no provisions. 



Communication. — The Newfoundland Railway steamer from St. 

 Johns calls at St. Jacques weekly during summer and autumn. 



Blue Pinion harbor, If miles westward of St. Jacques harbor, 

 extends 1 mile in a northerly direction, and is 700 yards broad; a 

 shoal stretches 300 yards off its western side, near the head. 



Anchorage may be obtained at the head of the harbor in 5 to 15 

 fathoms water, nearer the eastern shore to avoid the shoal, but it is 

 open to southerly winds. 



English harbor, 1 mile west-southwestward of Blue Pinion har- 

 bor, is suitable for small craft onl}' ; it is surrounded by a settlement 

 having two churches. 



Great Mon Jambe (Great Mose Ambrose), nearly 1 mile west- 

 ward of English harbor, is about 400 yards wide, and extends ^ 

 mile northerly; it affords anchorage for small craft in 4 to 5 fathoms 

 water. Little Mon Jambe, next westward of it, is open to southerly 

 Avinds. 



Boxey harbor, 3^ miles westward of Blue Pinion harbor, is small 

 and barred by a shoal with 3 fathoms water over it, but inside there 

 is anchorage in 4 to 4^ fathoms water, fine sand bottom. The mound 

 on Boxey point in line with Friar head, bearing astern about 205°, 

 leads in through the deepest channel. A few houses and a lobster fac- 

 tory stand on the northern shore. 



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

 8h. 43m.; springs rise 64 feet. 



Boxey Point promontory is nearly 3 miles long and rises to the 

 height of 310 feet. Sunken rocks lie off the points of the promon- 

 tory, which should not be approached within I mile. 



Boxey rock, with 3 feet water over it, bears 209°. distant 735 yards, 

 from Boxey point. 



Clearing marks. — The houses on the northern shore of Boxey 

 harbor, oj^en eastward of Friar head, bearing 16°, leads eastward; 

 and the southwestern point of St. Johns island, open southward of 

 Shepherd rock, bearing 283°. leads soutliAvard of Boxey rock. 



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