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NEWFOUNDLAJ^D, EAST COAST— CAPE BAtJI.D TO CAPE 



ST. joii:r^. 



Strait of Belleisle.— (See chap. X, p. 641.) 



Cape Bauld is the northern point of Kirpon island, which lies 

 at the northern end of Newfoundland, and it is the southern entrance 

 point of Belleisle strait. Kirpon island is 3^ miles long from north 

 to south, 1-| miles wide, and separated from the mainland by a chan- 

 nel 100 yards wide. Cape Bauld is a steep, rocky, barren point, 

 around which the tidal streams are strong, variable, and eddying. 



Lig-ht. — A brown tower, having a height of 63 feet from base to 

 vane, standing on a concrete foundation 6 feet high and surmounted 

 by a circular metal lantern, painted white, with red roof, on the high 

 ground about 230 yards within cape Bauld, exhibits at 187 feet above 

 high water, a flashing white light which shows one group of 2 flashes 

 every 15 seconds, and should be seen from a distance of 20 miles in 

 clear weather. 



Fog signal. — A di a phone horn, worked by compressed air, gives 

 a blast of 7 seconds duration every 45 seconds, thus : blast, 7 seconds ; 

 silent interval, 38 seconds, during thick or foggy weather. The fog- 

 signal house is a rectangular, white building with a red roof, situated 

 50 feet eastward of the lighthouse, and the horn points northward. 



Tidal streams. — The inshore tidal streams at cape Bauld turn 

 at about three hours after high and low water, the flood setting west- 

 ward and the ebb eastward, but they are much influenced by the 

 winds. 



Grande cove, between cape Bauld and Split point, which bears 

 southeastward, distant about 1,200 yards from the cape, is open to 

 easterly winds; Split point is an islet, 88 feet high, joined by bowl- 

 ders to Kirpon island, and with a rugged point southward of it, forms 

 Colombier cove, a temporary shelter for fishing boats. 



Pigeon cove, etc. — Between the rugged point southward of Split 

 point and cape Degrat, situated l^V miles southward, is a bay 1,200 

 yards deep, divided into numerous coves by islands and points, off 

 which are shoals, and vessels should not enter westward of the line 

 joining the points of this bay without special reason. 



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