340 CAPE EAY TO CAPE BAULD. 



Port au Choix extends I mile east-southeastward, and it is accessi- 

 ble to ATSsels drawing less than 11 feet water, the entrance being 120 

 yards wide, but le Malouin, a shoal off the southern shore, narrows 

 the navigable channel to 50 yards. 



Port au Choix is separated from Old port au Choix by an isthmus 

 300 yards broad, over which there is a path. 



Anchorages.— There are anchorages both westward and east- 

 ward of Benie islet, which lies '250 yards inside of the entrance, and is 

 connected to the northern shore by a sand bank. 



Directions. — Entering, keep one-third of the distance across the 

 entrance from Laignet point, its northern point, and anchor in 13 

 feet of water between it and Benie islet ; or pass south w^ard of Benie 

 islet at high water, and anchor in 9 to 12 feet at low water off the 

 northeastern shore, wdth Benie islet bearing about 254''; westerly 

 winds bring a swell into the outer anchorage. 



English bank (Anglais shoal), bearing 321°, distant f mile 

 from the entrance to port au Choix, is nearly 400 yards long in a 

 northeasterly and southwesterly direction, 150 yards w ide, and has a 

 depth of 7^ to 10 fathoms over it. 



Port au Choix peninsula lies northeastward of port au Choix 

 and the isthmus at its head: it is roughly circular in outline and 

 about a mile in diameter. Its northern coast from Laigiiet point 

 trends about north-northeast for ^ mile and then turns eastward for 

 600 yards to Barbace cove. 



Barbace cove is small and used by boats, but it affords no shelter 

 with westerly winds. The coast from the cove trends northeastward 

 for 900 yards to Barbace point, from which shoals extend 300 yards, 

 and it then turns south-southeastward for f mile to the entrance to 

 Old port au Choix. 



Old. Port au Choix (locally Back arm), on the southeastern side 

 of Port au Choix peninsula, is 1 mile long, ^ mile wide at the entrance 

 and ^ mile at the head ; shoals, which partly dry, extend off its north- 

 western shore, but the southeastern shore is nearly bold-to; it is en- 

 tered by U\o channels, one on each side of Querre islet. 



Querre islet, in the middle of the entrance, is 350 yards long in 

 a northeasterly and southw^esterly direction, 100 yards wide, and bold- 

 to on the northwestern side, but the other coasts are foul. - 



Savage island, northeastward f mile from Querre islet, and 

 nearly joined to it by a chain of rocks and shoals, is 700 yards long 

 in a northeasterly and southw^esterly direction, 300 yards wide, and 

 49 feet high ; there are several fishermen's huts on it. The island is 

 joined to the mainland by a bank, over which the depth is generally 

 less than 3 fathoms. 



Sauvageon rock lies 200 yards westward of the island. 



