390 CAPE BAULD TO CAPE ST. JOHN. 



season; the anchorage off this bay is in 10 to 14 fathoms water. 

 Southerly winds blow right in with great violence. 



Ice. — Conche harbor fills in with northern ice and freezes; the ice 

 l^reaks up in May, early or late according to the season, but it has 

 happened that heavy pans of ice almost entirely blocked up the small 

 anchorage in Silver cove at the end of June. 



The coast of the mainland from the shore of Conche harbor west- 

 ward of cape Fox trends south-southwestward nearly 6 miles to Bou- 

 titou point. 



La Vache gare, a large pale yellow patch on the coast, bears 257°, 

 distant 3 miles from cape Fox, and Vache Gare cove, a slight indenta- 

 tion in the coast, lies close northward of it. 



Hilliers harbor (havre de Boutitou) extends northwestward 1,200 

 yards immediately westward of Boutitou point, with a width of ^ 

 mile. It is difficult to make out from the northeastward, but there 

 are three parallel gaps in the cliffs that resemble a ship under sail 

 close to the coast, the southern of which is Boutitou point. The 

 harbor is open southeastward, but a cove in its northeastern shore 

 affords shelter to three or four vessels in 6 fathoms water, moored 

 head and stern, along its southeastern side. Dolo point is the south- 

 eastern entrance point of the cove, and there is a flagstaff on the 

 northwestern entrance point! 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at Hilliers harbor, at 

 7h. 2m. 



Boutitou shoal, on the western side of the southern approach to 

 Hilliers harbor bearing 195°, distant f mile from Boutitou point 

 and 400 yards off the coast, has 7 feet water over it. 



The coast from Brown Rock point, which bears 202°, distant 

 nearly a mile from Boutitou point, trends southwestward, 3^ miles 

 to cape Dnumalen. It is fairly bold, but Rock island and Dog shoal 

 lie within 400 yards of it at about a mile southwestward of Brown 

 Rock point. 



Canada bay (baie des Canaries) entrance is between cape Dauma- 

 len and Canada head, which bear south-southwestward and north- 

 northeastward, distant 2 miles from each other. Within the entrance 

 Bide arm and Chimney bay stretch northward, and Canaries and 

 Gouffre harbors are on the southern shore. 



Lig-ht. — ^A fixed white light is exhibited from a lantern hoisted on 

 a white open framework near cape Daumalen from June to December. 



Grevigneux or Englee island lies close westward of cape 

 Daumalen headland; it is about 150 feet high and partly wooded. 

 Aiguillettes island, joined to the southeastern part of Grevigneux 

 island by a sand bank, is wooded and steep. 



Aiguillettes harbor, between Aiguillettes island and the main- 

 land, is only suitable for small craft. 



