346 CAPE BAY TO CAPE BAULD. 



bearing 235°; keep this mark on into the bay and anchor as above 

 directed. 



Tides. — It is high Avater, full and change, in Good bay at lOh. 

 iOm. ; springs rise T| feet, neaps 5| feet. 



Turret bay. — The northern coast of St. John island from Turret 

 point trends southwestward for 1,200 yards to Turret bay, which 

 extends south-southeastward about | mile and is shallow, but affords 

 good shelter for small fishing craft in 1| to 3 fathoms. Temporary 

 anchorage may be obtained off this bay in 12 fathoms of water. 



Fossil shoal, with 6 feet least water over it, stretches westward 

 nearly a mile along the coast from about 700 yards northeastward of 

 the western point of Turret hsLj. 



Flat island, about 1 mile westAvard of St. John island, is ly^ 

 miles long, in a northerly and southerly direction, f mile wide, low, 

 smooth, and wooded on its northeastern part; rocks and shoals extend 

 about 600 yards off the coasts of the southern half of the island; the 

 Watchman (le Guetteur), a rock above water, is on the southeastern 

 edge of these shoals. Shoal water extends I mile off the northern end 

 of the island. 



Soundings. — The soundings westward of St. John bay are not 

 regular; there is a depth of 26 fathoms in a position bearing 285°, 

 distant 7f miles from the summit of Flat island, with 66 fathoms not 

 far off. 



Shoal. — A shoal, with 4i fathoms of water over it, bears 60^, dis- 

 tant about 1,600 yards from the northeastern point of Flat island; its 

 position is doubtful. 



Twin islands, north-northeastward, 2^ miles from Flat island, are 

 two islands separated by a narrow channel, and together extend 1 

 mile in a north-northeasterly and south-southwesterly direction, with 

 a width of i mile ; they are low, flat, and covered with grass. There 

 is a solitary house on the southern Twin island. 



Shoal. — A shoal, with 4 fathoms of water over it, bears 110°, dis- 

 tant 1^ miles from the northern end of the northern Twin island. 



Turr islands (iles aux Godes), bearing 74°, distant 1^ miles from 

 the northeastern end of Hare island, are two small islands, low and 

 grassy, joined by shoal water, and together extending in an easterly 

 and westerly direction 1,200 yards, with a width of about 400 yards. 



The Calculus, bearing 105°, distant f mile from the eastern Turr 

 island and about 1,600 yards off the mainland, is a small rock ATith 

 clear passages on each side of it. 



Whale islands, northeastward about 3y\ miles from Turret point, 

 St. John island, are two islands, each about 900 yards long and 400 

 yards Avide, low, flat, and grassy, lying nearly in an easterly and 

 westerly direction from each other, the channel between being about 

 300 yards wide, and shallow. There are seA'eral islets and reefs 



