PORT AUX BASQLTES— EAST BALDWHsT, 259 



Leading mark. — The beacon on P^lagstaff hill in line with the 

 southwestern end of Koad island, bearing 300°, or the leading light- 

 houses in line, leads between Southeast and Little Bay shoals and 

 south westward of Black shoal. (See p. 2G1.) 



Little bay, 1 mile northeastward of Channel head, is a narrow 

 creek att'ording shelter for small craft and may be entered by bring- 

 ing the southeastern shore to bear 52° and steering for it on that bear- 

 ing; when the bay is entered, anchor as convenient. 



Port aux Basques, westward 1^ miles from Little Bay head and 

 east-southeastward 7i miles from cape Ray, is entered between Shoal 

 point to the northward, and Channel head to the southward ; the land 

 around it is barren and rocky in appearance, but the anchorage, 

 nearly ^ mile long and 300 yards broad, with 8 to 11 fathoms of 

 water, mud bottom, is good for moderate-sized vessels. The fishing 

 for salmon and sea trout at port aux Basques is excellent. 



The southwestern shore of port aux Basques is divided hj a small 

 projection into two coves, both of which are shallow ; and a govern- 

 ment wharf, alongside which there is a depth of 15 feet at low water, 

 extends from the northwestern side of the projection. When going 

 alongside this Avharf, do not enter that part of the cove immediately 

 southwestward of the wharf, as the water shoals rapidly. At the 

 head of this cove is a small islet, just above high water, on which is a 

 ringbolt, to aid vessels when hauling into the narrow anchorage be- 

 tween the foul ground off this islet and Pancake rock. 



Light. — A circular white lighthouse 29 feet high, w^ith an attached 

 dwelling, having white sides and a red roof, on Channel head, ex- 

 hibits, at 101 feet above high water, a fixed red light, that should be 

 seen from a distance of 15 miles in clear weather. 



A red brick building stands 30 feet northward of the lighthouse. 



Fog signaL — A fog signal house having white sides stands about 

 65 feet southward of the lighthouse, and is connected with it by a 

 covered way. A diaphone horn, projecting from the southern end of 

 this house, and worked by compressed air, gives one blast about every 

 two minutes, thus: Blast, three and one-half seconds; interval, one 

 hundred and fourteen seconds, during thick or foggy Aveather. 



Signals. — Channel Head light station is supplied with the Inter- 

 national code of signals. 



Channel, a large village with a population of 723, situated on the 

 mainland, just northward of the island, whose eastern end forms 

 Chamiel head, contains three churches and a windmill; this village 

 is cons])icuous from seaward. 



East Baldwin, nearly in the middle of the apparent channel to the 

 harbor, is a rock that dries 1^ feet at low water, and shoal water 

 extends 100 vards southwestward from it. 



