318 CAPE RAY TO CAPE BAULD. 



Anchorage can be obtained at about 800 yards southward of 

 Woody point in 12 to 20 fathoms water, but the bank with this depth 

 is narrow and steep, and tlie bay is subject to sudden and violent 

 squalls during strong winds, therefore a vessel's stay should be tem- 

 porary only. 



Wharves. — Silver's and Halliburton's wharves are the best for a 

 vessel of any size to lie alongside, as their heads are in line, and to- 

 gether afford a length of 113 feet. There is a depth of 16 feet at a 

 distance of 18 feet off these wharves; if required, floating stages about 

 4 feet wide can be obtained to breast a vessel farther off. Vessels go 

 alongside heading southward. 



Coal. — There is usually a small quantity of coal in store at Woody 

 point. 



Supplies and fresh provisions can be obtained at reasonable rates. 



Communication. — The steamer from Bay of Islands calls at 

 Woody point weekly, and the steamer from Halifax calls monthly 

 during summer and autumn. 



There is a telegraph office at the A'illage. 



Trade. — The exports are lobsters (tinned), fish, oil, and a few 

 furs; in 1891 the imports were valued at $06,300. 



South arm. — The shore, on which are several houses, wharves, and 

 fishing stages, extends from Woody point south-southwestward about 

 lyV miles to a low flat stony spit at the mouth of a small stream; off 

 this spit the water shoals a little and then deepens toward Hell cove. 

 On a point at the southern end of this cove there is a wharf and ware- 

 houses, now out of repair, but formerly used by a local trading com- 

 pany. 



A good road runs along this side of South arm, and the track from 

 Trout river meets it at the northern side of Hell cove. 



Birchy head, a birch-covered bluff on the western side, is l^^ 

 miles above Hell cove. The shores on both sides of the arm, except- 

 ing only off a small bight southward of Hell cove, are steep-to. Sil- 

 verton district is around Birchy head. 



Foul point is on the eastern shore southeastward from Birchy 

 head, and at the foot of the slope from a cliffy summit, 1,180 feet 

 high, which rises steeply from the sea. A small rock, with 6 feet 

 water over it. lies westward rather more than 100 yards from the 

 point, and there are depths of 3 fathoms between, but otherwise there 

 are 14 to 28 fathoms close to it. To avoid this rock keep toward the 

 western shore. The shores around the head of the arm are low and 

 flat, and mud banks occupy its middle for fully | mile. The outer 

 edges of the banks are very steep, there being 10 fathoms within 100 

 feet of the portion that dries at low water. 



Anchorage. — Vessels anchor near the head of the arm in depths 

 of 20 to 25 fathoms, but the anchorage is not recommended on ac- 



