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' are comprised between Broize point and White cape, which cape 

 lies southward, distant 2y\j miles from the point. 



Camel island, the northern and largest of the group, is 305 feet 

 high ; it forms the southern side of the entrance to North and North- 

 west bays, and takes its name from a remarkable mound at its north- 

 eastern end which forms the summit. Prune islet, northward of the 

 northwestern extremity of Camel island, is 16 feet high. Baleine 

 rock, lying nearly midway between Broize and Cove points at the 

 entrance of North bay, is alwa^ys uncovered. 



Anchorage. — There is anchorage off the fishery establishment in 

 North bay, in 15 to 16 fathoms water, with tolerably good holding 

 ground, but easterly winds occasionally send in a swell. 



Ice. — Griguet is generally frozen over about the middle of Decem- 

 ber, and is clear of ice about May 20. It is usuall}^ the first harbor 

 open on the east coast of the northern peninsula of Newfoundland. 



Communication. — Steamers from Tilt cove call here weekly 

 during summer and autumn. 



Good cove (Belle anse), between Cove and Bay points, is 400 

 yards in extent, and affords good anchorage for small vessels in 11 

 fathoms water, sand bottom. 



Bay point divides Good cove from Northwest bay, and a rock lies 

 200 feet eastward of it ; la Rose, a rock with 2 feet water over it, is 

 the end of a shoal extending southward 150 yards from the point. 



Worthwest or Ronciere bay extends north-northwestward 1 mile 

 from Bay point, with a width of about 600 yards ; a spit extends south- 

 eastward nearly 600 yards from the head of the bay. 



Anchorage. — Northwest bay affords anchorage anywhere in 10 to 

 18 fathoms water; near the head of the bay anchor eastward of the 

 line joining Bay point and Crab island to clear the spit. 



Southwest bay lies between Camel island and the mainland; it 

 affords temporary anchorage for small vessels westward of the north- 

 ern part of Camel island, in 9 fathoms water, and clear of the shoal 

 off its northern point. 



Griguet island, close eastw^ard of Camel island, is about 66 feet 

 high ; Black islet, lying close eastward of the northern extremity of 

 Camel island, is 33 feet high, and a small spit extends off its southern 

 end. the other sides being steep-to. 



Four Ears island, southward of Griguet island, is faced ])y a 

 peaked black cliff. 120 feet high. 



Grig-uet harbor proper is situated between Camel, Griguet, and 

 Four Ears islands: it is 400 yards long and 200 yards wide, iind Ihf^ 

 entrances are narrow and tortuous. 



Upper Griguet or White Cape harbor, southward of Four Ears 

 island, is 600 yards long and 200 yards broad. The channel between 

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