258 CREW POINT TO CAPE RAY. 



Coney head is a white cliffy bluff' and the end of a tongue of 

 land 1^ miles in length, separating God bay from Coney bay. 



Coney bay extends east-northeastward 1| miles on the northwest- 

 ern side of Coney head peninsula ; to enter it, after having passed 

 the outer reefs, keep about 300 yards off' Coney head to clear a rock 

 lying off it, then cross to the northern shore, keeping it aboard till 

 the head is reached, and anchor in 4 fathoms of water, but from 800 

 yards inside of the entrance to the head there are rocks lying off 

 both sides of the bay. 



Otter bay, or Bale de La Loutre. is about |- mile westward of (\)ney 

 ba}' ; its entrance is encumbered b}' rocks. 



Butterpot hill, about 600 yards southeastward from the head of 

 this bay, is 269 feet high and remarkable. 



Caution. — A pilot is necessary to enter either Coney bay or Otter 

 bay. 



Dead Islands harbor (also known as " Morte harbor" or " Seal 

 cove ") is westward of Otter bay and northward of Dead or Morte 

 islands, a group of islands and rocks with shoals extending more than 

 ^ mile southward and westward. 



It affords anchorage for small vessels in a space 1,000 j^ards long 

 and 300 yards broad, approached by three passages — Eastern and 

 Middle passages, which are too shoal and intricate to be taken with- 

 out a pilot, and Western passage, which is 100 yards wide at its nar- 

 rowest parts, and available for vessels drawing less than 20 feet of 

 water. To enter by Westei'u passage keep Butterpot in line with 

 the northern end of Dead island, the largest and highest of the group, 

 bearing about 66°, which mark leads between the shoals on either 

 hand to the western end of Dead island, then pass in mid-channel 

 between that and the island next northward, and anchor in 4 to 5 

 fathoms of water, northward of the eastern end of Dead island. 



A shoal on the northern side of the harbor has 15 feet of water 

 over it. 



Lig'ht. — A white wooden frame on the western end of Pitman is- 

 land, which is on the eastern side of the P^astern passage at about 900 

 yards within its entrance, exhibits a fixed green light at 26 feet above 

 high water. 



The coast, Avestward of Dead islands, is low, and foul ground ex- 

 tends ^ mile off it. Black shoal bearing 223°, distant 000 yards from 

 Black rock, and 94°, 21^0 miles from Channel Head lighthouse, has 15 

 feet of water over it. 



Little Bay shoal extends south west ward I mile from Little Bay 

 head the southern entrance point of Little bay. 



Southeast shoal, bearing 95°, distant 1,200 yards from Channel 

 Llead lighthouse, has 3 fathoms of water over it. 



