ST. GEORGE BAY. 269 



Light. — An octagonal tower of reinforced concrete surmounted by 

 a red circular metal lantern, 97 feet high, at 100 feet within the coast 

 line, northward, of Shoal point, and 1 mile southward of cape 

 Anguille, exhibits, at 115 feet above high water, a flashing white 

 light, which, shows groups of flashes every 10 seconds, thus: Light, 

 0.525 second; eclipse, 1.350 seconds; light, 0.525 second; eclipse, 7.6 

 seconds, and should be seen from all points of approach by water for 

 a distance of 16 miles in clear weather. 



A rectangular, wooden, double dwelling House, painted white, with 

 a red hip roof . is situated at 128°, distant 288 feet from the lighthouse. 



Fog signal. — A diaphone horn, situated in a rectangular wooden 

 building with white sides and a red roof and a high brick chimney, 

 at 174°, distant 208 feet from Cape Anguille lighthouse, is operated 

 by compressed air, and sounds, every 00 seconds, 2 blasts each of 3^ 

 seconds' duration, thus : Blast, 3^ seconds ; silent interval, 5 seconds ; 

 blast, S^ seconds; silent interval, 78 seconds, during thick and foggy 

 Aveather. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at cape Anguille at 

 9h. Om. ; springs rise 4^ feet, neaps 3 feet ; neaps range 1| feet. 



St. George bay. — The land from cape Anguille trends northeast- 

 ward for a distance of^about 50 miles, and then curving to the west- 

 ward for about 30 miles forms an extensive bay, the entrance to 

 which, between capes Anguille and St. George, is 34| miles across. 

 This bay is, with the exception of St. George harbor, situated at its 

 head, entirely without sheltered anchorage, and, as westerly winds 

 prevail, there is generally a swell rolling in, which, in gales, quickly 

 increases to a very heavy sea. 



Landing in the bay anywhere outside St. George harbor, with the 

 exception of two small rocky bights on the northern side {see page 

 280), is impracticable during heavy westerly weather. This is espe- 

 cially the case on the southern shore, owing to the large number of ice- 

 deposited stones and bowlders fronting the beaches. Xumerous cot- 

 tages and a few villages stand on the shores of the bay. The settlers 

 are, with few exceptions, fishermen, and large quantities of cod and 

 herring, as well as some salmon and lobsters, are annually caught; 

 farming, in a primitive fashion, is carried on, but the crops are mostly 

 confined to hay and to the small quantity of oats and potatoes re- 

 quired for themselves and their cattle, sheep, and horses. 



Ice. — St. George bay fills with river ice, which is always in motion, 

 being driven upon cape Anguille by northerly winds and upon cape 

 St. George by southerly winds; the head of the bay occasionally 

 freezes. According to the severity of the winter the ice may fill the 

 bay early in January or not until February, and the clearance may 

 be between Aj)ril 10 and 25: but it has been full during May, and in 

 1886, owing to the prevalence of southerly and southeasterly winds. 



