338 CAPE RAY TO CAPE BAULD. 



Bank. — A little within the entrance a steep dry shingle bank 

 extends a short distance off the northern shore. 



Montaignac rock, which uncovers at about low water, is situated 

 1 mile within the entrance and 300 yards from the southern shore. 

 Keppel Island lighthouse, open northward of Saunders point, bear- 

 ing 252^, leads northwestAvard of the rock. 



Kent point is on the northern shore, 650 yards northeastward of 

 Montaignac rock: Dunlop spit extends southeastward 400 yards from 

 this point, and there is a depth of 3 feet water near its end. 



Directions. — There is anchorage inside the entrance and between 

 it and Montaignac rock in 7 to 14 fathoms water. To proceed to the 

 head of the bay, keep Keppel Island lighthouse open northward of 

 Saunders point till within 500 yards of Kent point; then steer 125° 

 between Montaignac rock and Dunlop spit, and when Two Hills 

 point is in line with the southern shore, bearing about 269°, Dunlop 

 spit is cleared; anchor in 6 fathoms water, just southward of that 

 mark. Bowlders that dry extend from 40 to 60 yards from the 

 beach nearly all around port Saunders, and make landing bad at low 

 water. 



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

 lOli. 30m. ; springs rise 6 feet ; neaps rise 4f feet. 



Ice. — Port Saunders freezes late in November or early in Decem- 

 ber, and the ice breaks up between April 20 and May 10. 



Supplies. — Fresh provisions can be obtained at port Saunders. 



Communication. — During summer and autumn the steamer from 

 Bay of Islands calls at port Saunders weekly and the steamer from 

 Halifax monthly. 



The land from Hawke bay slopes gradually down until in the 

 extreme north it is flat and low, and the formation changes from 

 granite and quartzite to a compact cherty limestone with an almost 

 horizontal stratification. 



The shore of Ingornachoix bay from Two Hills point trends 

 north-northwestward for 4 miles to Gargamelle cove, and caution is 

 required in its approach, as roclrv ground, with less than 5 fathoms 

 water over it, extends off it in places for distances of | to f mile. 



Anchorage. — Temporary anchorage may be obtained, with land 

 winds, off the shore northwestward of Two Hills point in 10 fathoms 

 water and clear of the shoals. 



Gargamelle cove is only adapted for boats. At the head of the 

 cove the isthmus, 400 yards long and 300 yards broad, that separates 

 it from Old Port au Choix, joins Rich Point peninsula to the main- 

 land. 



Rich Point peninsula extends westward '2^^^ miles from the 

 isthmus connecting it with the mainland and it has a width of about 



