PORT AUX BASQUES DIRECTIOjSTS. 261 



Beacons. — Two beacons with diamond-shaped topmarks stand on 

 the shore northwestward of Pancake rock; and two beacons with 

 circuhir topmarks stand, one on the w^estern end of Woody island, 

 and the other on the northeastern shore of the Bottom of port aux 

 Basqnes, the narrow inlet northwestward of Woody island. 



Caution. — When the presence of ice renders it necessary, the buoys 

 in port aux Basques are taken up. 



Directions. — From the southeastward, pass northeastward of 

 Southeast shoal with Flagstaff Hill beacon just open northeastward 

 of Road Island lighthouse, bearing 298°, and when Little Bay head 

 bears 52° bring the leading lighthouses in line. 



From the westward, pass between Channel head and Southeast 

 shoal, and bring the leading lighthouses in line. Keep the leading 

 lighthouses in line, bearing 300°, which mark leads through the 

 channel between East Baldwin, with the rock westward of it, and 

 West Baldwin, until the beacons with diamond-shaped topmarks 

 are in line, bearing 288°. Then keep these beacons in line, which 

 leads southwestward of the shoal off the southern point of Road 

 island, until the beacons with circular topmarks are in line, bearing 

 325°, which mark leads in mid-channel between Pancake rock and 

 the shoals olf Road island, and when the northeastern point of Gally- 

 boy island opens northward of Road island, bearing 64°, steer north- 

 ward for the anchorage. 



The holding ground is bad until the clfannel between Road and 

 Gallyboy islands is well open. 



The red buoy marking East Baldwin, and the white buoy marking 

 the rock westward of it, are left on the starboard hand, and the 

 black buoys marking West Baldwin and Pancake rock are left on 

 the port hand, entering. 



Ice. — Port aux Basques is rarely frozen over, and navigation is, 

 as a rule, open all the year; the harbor is sometimes blocked for a 

 few days by drift ice which comes with southerly winds in Feb- 

 ruary and March. The ice in the stream flowing into the north- 

 eastern end of the port generally reaches a thickness of about 4 

 inches. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in port aux Basques at 

 8h. 55m. : springs rise 5^ feet, neaps 3^ feet. 



Settlement. — The settlement at port aux Basques consists of a few 

 wooden houses, a railway station, and some sheds for the storage of 

 goods; it may, however, become a place of importance. 



Coal. — There is usually a stock of Cape Breton coal at port aux 

 Basques. 



Communication. — There is a railway to St. Johns. Steamers 

 run three times a week between port aux Basques and Sydney. Cape 

 Breton island, in connection with the trains; steamers also run 



