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to shut in the waterfall on the northwestern shore of the bay with the 

 point southwestward of it, bearing 29°, to clear Major rock. 



After passing the northern entrance point of Petites, bring the 

 waterfall well open of the point southwestward of it, bearing 26°, 

 which mark leads eastward of Bay le Moine rock, and when abreast 

 the Red house keep in the middle of the ba}^ and anchor at its head, 

 in 14 fathoms or less wa;ter, remembering that the water shoals quickly 

 from 5 to 3 fathoms. 



To pass westward of Bay le Moine rock, run along the north- 

 western shore of the entrance of the bay at the distance of about 200 

 yards, giving a sufficient berth to Dublin Cove rocks; then bring the 

 summit of Shark Cove head open westward of the eastern shore of 

 Dublin cove, bearing 230°, and keep this mark on astern till clear of 

 the rock. The highest hill over the head of bay le Moine, shut in with 

 the apparent extreme of the western shore of the ba}', also leads west- 

 ward of the rock. 



To enter harbor le Con, bring Sugarloaf point open westward of 

 Calapoose rocks, bearing 311°, and keep in mid-channel. 



The coast from Rose Blanche point trends north-northeastward 

 for ^ mile; then turning westward and southward, it forms, with 

 two small bays at its head, Rose Blanche harbor. 



Cains island lies immediately westward of Rose Blanche point, 

 and is almost connected with it by rocky islets; westward of the 

 island is the entrance to Rose Blanche harbor. This island is steep-to 

 off its western point and along its northwestern side ; there are a few 

 houses and fishing stages on its eastern side, where it is separated 

 from the niainliind by a narrow ba}'', almost a strait. 



Fog signal. — A fog horn, placed on the southwestern point of 

 Cains island, gives two blasts every tAvo minutes, thus : — blast, six 

 seconds; silence, fifteen seconds; blast, six seconds; silence, ninety- 

 three seconds, during thick or foggy weather. 



The engine house is square, fiat-roofed, and painted in black and 

 white horizontal bands; the keeper's dwelling is square, wdiite, with a 

 flat black roof, and there is a similar building close to it. 



Light. — A fixed red lantern light is exhibited from the roof of the 

 engine house. 



Rose Blanche harbor is tolerably easy of access and affords 

 sheltered anchorage in 8 to 9 fathoms of water, sand bottom ; but the 

 space is very confined, and a vessel over 200 feet in length should 

 moor. 



Rose Blanche village, situated principally on the peninsula which 

 forms the western side of the harbor, has a population of about 500, 

 all of whom are, directly or indirectly, dependent on the fishing 

 industry. There is a church, the spire of which is a good mark from 

 the westward: a school, and a resident medical officer. 



