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Black Duck cove, 1 mile northeastward from Current island, is 

 an open bight, with several fishermen's houses on its shores. 



St. Barbe point, ^ mile northeastward from Black Duck cove, is 

 tolerably steep, low, and wooded; it is bordered by a shingle beach 

 and broken white stones, and must not be approached nearer than 400 

 yards. 



St. Barbe bay lies within St. Barbe and Anchor points, which 

 bear north-northwestward and south-southeastward, distant 1-^q miles 

 from each other. The northeastern and eastern shores of the bay are 

 fringed by shoals. Winter flat, with 10 feet least water over it, is 

 nearly 800 yards offshore. Except in the harbor the ground is very 

 foul and rocky, and breakers are said to extend right across the bay 

 after heavy westerly gales. 



St. Barbe harbor, at the southeastern end of the bay, is entered 

 between Harbor point, which is marked by a lobster factory on it, on 

 the western side, and Stony point on the eastern side. Shoal water 

 extends a short distance off both shores, and the harbor stretches 

 south-southeastward and east-northeastward with dej^ths of 3^ to 4^ 

 fathoms ; from this it gradually shoals eastward to East river. The 

 rocks are limestone, in nearly horizontal strata. 



Directions. — Pass between Winter flat and the shoal water off the 

 southern shore in not less than 6 fathoms of water ; when the house in 

 Traitant cove (the first bend on the western side of the harbor) opens 

 oft' Harbor point, bearing about 181°, keep in mid-channel into the 

 harbor and anchor in 4^ fathoms of water, mud bottom, good holding 

 ground, with the wharf in Traitant cove bearing 226°, and Harbor 

 point 316°. 



Ice. — St. Barbe bay freezes late in November or during December, 

 and the ice breaks up about the middle of May. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in St. Barbe harbor at 

 lOh. Om. ; springs rise 4 feet, neaps 3 feet. The streams in the fair- 

 way continue one hour after high and low water on the shore. 



Communication. — The steamers from Bay of Islands call weekly 

 at St. Barbe harbor daring summer and autumn, and those from 

 Halifax call monthly. 



Winter cove, northward, f mile from Stony point, is completely 

 open westward, and the entrance is partially obstructed by reefs lying 

 off the southern point. 



Anchor cove, situated immediately southeastAvard of Anchor 

 point, is open south westward, but affords shelter to a few small craft 

 that moor head and stern, and are safe, as the heavy sea breaks on the 

 entrance points and only the swell runs up the cove ; the houses at the 

 head of this cove are white and generally conspicuous. 



Anchor point is low, and Anchor ledge and shoal water extend 

 southwestward for a distance of 1,100 yards from it. 



