262 CREW POINT TO CAPE RAY. 



weekly to St. Johns, and fortnightly to Halifax via Bras d'Or lakes, 

 Cape Breton island. The steamers go to the railwa}^ wharf which 

 lies along the mainland, southwestward of Woody island. 



There is telegraphic communication, and both the Anglo-American 

 Telegraph Company and the Newfoundland government have tele- 

 graph offices here. 



Telegraph cable. — A telegraph cable was laid between port aux 

 Basques and Canso, Nova Scotia, in 1905. 



The coast between Channel head and Enragee point, 4]- miles to 

 the west-northwestward, has a group of islands and rocks and some 

 foul ground lying off it. The islands should not be approached by 

 large vessels within the distance of 1 mile. 



West rock, bearing 226°, distant 1,500 yards from Channel Head 

 lighthouse, has 4 fathoms of water over it. 



Yankee rock, bearing 260°, distant 2^^ miles from Channel Head 

 lighthouse, is low. 



Yankee shoal, bearing 145°, distant 700 yards from Yankee rock, 

 has 4 fathoms of water over it. Fail rock, bearing 229°, 600 yards 

 from Yankee rock, has 15 feet over it. 



Duck island, 40 feet high, bears 296°, distant 1,100 yards from 

 Yankee rock, with Green islet and some foul ground between. Foul 

 ground extends southwestward nearly 600 yards from this island. 



Durant island, 800 yards north-northwestward of Duck island, 

 rises in two mounds, the higher being 25 feet high, joined by a shingle 

 beach. Eocks and foul ground extend southwestward 800 3^ards from 

 this island. 



Anchorage may be obtained in the eastern part of the channel 

 between Duck and Durant islands, in 8 to 4 fathoms water, sand 

 bottom. To enter it, from the westward keep in mid-channel between 

 these islands; from the eastward keep the eastern ends of Durant 

 island and Yankee rock in line, bearing 816°, till that rock is neared, 

 and then in mid-channel between it and Hobbs rock, steering for 

 Granby point, the point of the mainland eastward of Durant island. 



Grand bay is available for vessels drawing less than 9 feet of 

 water, and affords perfects sheltered anchorage in 2 to 4 fathoms of 

 water; it is entered through a narrow channel northeastward of the 

 preceding anchorage by keeping the eastern shore aboard. 



Enragee point is a low point surrounded by rocks. The coast 

 from it to cape Ray, which is distant about 4 miles in a northwesterly 

 direction, consists of low sand hills facing salt water lagoons, and 

 should not be approached by large vessels within the distance of 1 

 mile. 



Halibut rock bears 292°, distant 1^ miles from Enragee point, 

 and 235°, -|- mile from Shag island, a narrow rock nearly joining the 



