NOTRE DAME ISLAND HARE BAY. 375 



Notre Dame island, south-southeastward about } mile from cape 

 Haut-et-Bas, is 85 feet hig-h, and flat in appearance. 



Notre Dame shoal, bearing- 844°, distant 600 yards from the 

 northern point of Notre Dame island, is a patch with 12 feet of water 

 over it. Angel point (see below), shut in with Vierge point, 

 bearing 233°, leads northwestward, and the fishing stage in Vierge 

 cove open southward of Vierge point, bearing 259°. leads southward 

 of this shoal. 



Henry islet, situated westAvard 600 yards from Notre Dame 

 island, is surrounded by shoals except on the northwestern side, but 

 there is a deep passage, 150 yards Avide, between it and Notre Dame 

 island. 



Three mountains. -Three conspicuous hills, having heights of 

 403, 423. and 525 feet, are situated, respectively, 600 yards north- 

 westward of cape Haut-et-Bas, 000 yards westward of cape Haut-et- 

 Bas, and 1,000 yards west-northwestward of Vierge point. Taken 

 together, they form an excellent mark. 



Vierge cove extends westward -} mile from clo-^e soutliA\!ird of 

 Vierge point, which is situated southw-ard 1,200 yards from cape 

 Haut-et-Bas. The cove is open seawards. 



Angel point, separating this cove from Three Mountain harbor, 

 is low and narrow^, but steep-to at the distance of less than 200 yards. 



Three Mountain harbor is very small, but though open, the sea 

 does not fetch home; it is suitable only for fishing vessels, which 

 ' moor to the rocks. The tidal streams are scarcely perceptible. 



Lobster point, southward 400 yards from Notre Dame island, is 

 the eastern end of a barren peninsula, which attains a height of 335 

 feet, and is faced by rugged cliffs. Lobster point is low, and east- 

 ward at a little more than 200 yards from it is Lobster shoal, over 

 which there is a depth of 6 feet. St. Anthony hill, well open east- 

 ward of Notre Dame island, bearing 11°, leads eastward of this shoal. 



Goose cape is the southernmost point of the peninsula, and forms 

 the northern entrance point of Hare bay. 



Hare bay is 5 miles wide at its entrance between Goose cape and 

 Great Cormorandier island : it extends 18 miles to the westwai-d and 

 contains several good but little frequented harbors: the depth of 

 water is great, affording no anchorage till about 12 miles inside the 

 entrance or westward of a line between How harbor and Brent 

 islands, and the sea in the bay is often very heavy. 



The northern shore of Hare bay is high and steep, falling in 

 cliffs to the sea, with deep water close-to. 



Ice. — The western portions of Llare bay within Brent islands 

 freeze solid during December, and the eastern part fills in with 

 northern ice and freezes; the ice generally breaks up in May. early 

 or late, accordins: to the season. 



