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Boar island, the nortlieasternmost of the group, and situated 

 southwestward, about If miles from Bay de Loup point, is 201 feet 

 high. It is divided by a marsh; the southern or higher portion is 

 wedge-shaped, and shoals, with 2 fathoms of water over them, extend 

 nearly 200 yards from the southeastern point and about 100 yards 

 from the northeastern point. 



Light. — A square lighthouse, 47 feet high, rising from the gable of 

 a dwelling, and painted white with red roofs, on the summit of 

 Boar island, exhibits, at 207 feet above high water, a fixed red light 

 which should be seen seaward over an arc of 270° from a distance 

 of 11 miles in clear weather. 



Signals. — This lighthouse is supplied with the International code 

 of signals. 



Boar Island rock, bearing 122°, distant Ij^j miles from Boar 

 Island lighthouse, covers 1 foot at high water. 



Boar Island shoal, bearing 133°, distant nearlj^ ^ mile from Boar 

 Island lighthouse, has 5 fathoms of water over it, and 10 to 15 

 fathoms close around. 



Leading" marks. — Round Shag island, open southward of Musket 

 islets, bearing 241°, leads southward of all shoals; and Eichards 

 head, open eastward of Boar island, bearing 317°, leads southwest- 

 ward of Boar Island rock and northeastward of Boar Island shoal. 



Little Boar island, 150 yards westward of the northern part of 

 Boar island, is 20 feet high; shoal water extends 50 yards from it 

 toward Boar island, but its northern and western sides are steep-to. 



Cuttail island, southwestward of Boar island and separated from 

 it by a channel 250 yards wide, that requires local knowledge for its 

 navigation, is 140 feet high, and its southeastern coast has bare, steep 

 slopes. 



Goose islet and Hug-my-dug, the northern and southern of a group 

 of rocky islets eastward of Cuttail island, are white; Goose islet is 

 34 feet high, and Hug-my-dug is about 40 feet high, and square- 

 shaped. 



Venils island, southward of Cuttail island and separated from it 

 by a channel 150 yards wide, with foul ground stretching from both 

 sides which requires local knowledge for its navigation, is 165 feet 

 high. 



A cove indenting the southeastern side of Venils island for 200 

 yards affords good sheltered anchorage for small craft in 3i fathoms 

 of water. 



Venils shoal consists of two patches lying with the rock at the 

 eastern end of Venils island bearing 301°, the northwestern with 2| 

 fathoms over it being distant 350 j^ards, and the southeastern with 3 

 fathoms over it 700 yards. 



