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tion ; the bay is cleared by northwesterly winds. The ice in the river 

 is generally about 6 inches thick. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in la Poile bay at 9h. 

 Om. ; springs rise 6 feet, neaps 4 feet. 



La Plante harbor, situated Ij^ miles southwestward of Beacon 

 point, is a narrow boat creek. To clear a rock just inside the mouth, 

 keep the eastern entrance point close aboard. 



Cox rock, with 9 feet of water over it, lies 600 yards off the land 

 at the western entrance of la Poile bay, and bears 271°, distant 2| 

 miles from Ireland Island lighthouse. 



Little la Poile is a narrow shallow inlet, extending northeastward, 

 1,800 yards into the land at about 3^ miles west-northwestward from 

 Ireland island. 



The coast between la Poile bay and Garia bay, westward about 

 4 miles, is bordered by islands and rocks, which no stranger should 

 attempt to pass inside of at any time, nor shoal the water to less than 

 50 fathoms at night. 



Crafty head, 140 feet high, and Black George head, 141 feet high, 

 are two conspicuous conical headlands, eastward 2 miles and 1^ miles, 

 respectively, from Garia bay. Behind these headlands the land grad- 

 ually rises to the height of 860 feet on the eastern side of Garia bay, 

 while at 4 miles northward of the head of that bay are the Blue 

 mountains of Garia; Garia peak, the highest, is sharp and 1,814 feet 

 high. 



Indian island, southeastward ^ mile from the eastern entrance 

 point of Garia bay, is 58 feet high, and there is a white cliff at its 

 southwestern point. 



Deer island, in Garia bay entrance, rises to a conical hill 68 feet 

 high, and is covered with dark spruce. The northern coast of Deer 

 island is generally foul. Islets and rocks extend southw^ard f mile 

 from Deer island, the most prominent being Shag islet, which is a 

 gray rock, 32 feet high, and Black rock, the southernmost, which is 

 12 feet high. 



Garia bay extends north-northwestward 3 miles and thence turns 

 north-northeastward for 2 miles. The water in the bay is generally 

 shallow, and the anchorage for large vessels is only 300 yards wide, 

 but that for small vessels is excellent. 



Wood, suitable for building fishing craft, grows in Garia bay. 



Smock island, just inside Garia bay entrance, is 53 feet high, and 

 composed of gray rock partially covered with moss; its coasts are 

 foul for a short distance. Ship Cove hill, on the eastern shore of the 

 bay at 1y% miles within the entrance, is a remarkable headland, 155 

 feet high, and Big island, 114 feet high, lies northwestward 400 

 yards from it. Spruce island, joined by rocks to the western shore at 

 ^ mile within Smock island, is 52 feet high, and Round island, ^ mile 



