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Ice. — Port an Choix freezes about December 15 and is completely 

 closed by ice, about 3 feet thick, until about May 20; in 1883 the 

 port was blocked till June 9; field ice appears about January 15 and 

 disappears about May 15. The first vessel usually arrives about May 

 15, and the last leaves about November 10. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Old Port au Choix at 

 lOh. 40m. ; springs rise 7i feet. 



St. John bay, lying southeastward of a line between Barbace and 

 Ferolle points, which are 19^ miles apart in a north-northeasterly 

 and south-southwesterly direction, contains several islands, of which 

 St. John island, situated 5 miles northeastward from Barbace point, 

 is the largest ; on the southeastern side of the bay are the South and 

 North summits of the Highlands of St. John, flat and steep to sea- 

 ward. South summit, 11 miles inland, is 1,610 feet, and North sum- 

 mit, f mile inland, 1,595 feet high. 



Ice. — St. John bay fills with northern ice and freezes in December 

 or January ; the ice breaks up in May. During severe winters the ice 

 extends from Rich point to Ferolle point. 



Rock. — A small rock, with a depth of 33 feet over it, white bottom, 

 on which the sea breaks in heavy westerly gales, is situated with 

 Savage island summit bearing 198°, distant 1-^q miles. 



Bustard cove, situated eastward 2 miles from Savage island, is 

 open northwestward, and affords temporary anchorage in 11 fathoms 

 water, but the holding ground is not good; shoals extend 900 yards 

 from Chasseurs point and the eastern side of this cove. 



Green islet, surrounded by rocks and breakers, lies ^ mile westward 

 from Chasseurs point, leaving a narrow passage between. 



Old Man cove, eastward 2 miles from Chasseurs point, is a shallow 

 bight, fronted, at the distance of about ^ mile, by Old Man shoal, a 

 shoal bank about 800 yards in diameter, with two heads on it that dry. 



The shore of the bay from Old Man cove trends approximately 

 northeastward for 11| miles to Squid cove, and it is fairly steep-to; 

 heavy squalls sweep down from the Highlands of St. John. (The 

 shore is continued at page 347.) 



St. John island is about 3 miles long in an easterly and westerly 

 direction, and 2| miles wide, moderately high, with a round summit, 

 and wooded only at its northwestern end. 



Seal rocks, ^ mile southwestward of Photograph point, the south- 

 western point of St. John island, are narrow and low, and extend 

 about ^ mile in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction ; they are 

 steep-to on the southern side, but foul ground extends for a little 

 more than 200 yards off the northern side. 



St. John harbor, on the western side of the island, extends east- 

 ward and northeastward about 1^ miles, with a width of 600 to 200 

 yards, and is a good anchorage for steamers or small vessels, but 

 square-rigged sailing ships require a leading wind to enter. 



