JACQUES COVE GRANDFATHER ROCK. 399 



Ja,cques cove, on the southern shore 1 mile inside of the entrance, 

 is a fishing station, but in successive years many vessels that moored 

 there were lost, and it is no longer used as an anchorage. 



Soufflets arm extends northward If miles, and then, turning 

 abruptly around Rade point on the western shore, runs westward and 

 northwestward for over a mile to its head. At 1,600 yards westward 

 of Rade point the arm narrows to the breadth of 200 yards between 

 Observatory point and the opposite point to the southward ; the navi- 

 gable channel is here barely 100 yards wide, with a depth of 3| 

 fathoms, and a spit, dry at low water, extends westward 300 yards 

 from Observatory point. 



In entering the head of Soufflets arm, hug the southwestern shore 

 closely. At 400 yards westward of Obser-vatory point the channel 

 opens to the northward into a basin, about 300 yards across, having 

 depths of 5^ to T fathoms, but shoal at its head. 



Sault cove is at the head of Pigeonniere arm, and its entrance 

 is between Pigeon point lying to the eastward and Plate point lying 

 to the westward. About 300 yards northwestward of Pigeon point, 

 Emeraude shoal with 3 feet of water over it. extends southwestward 

 200 yards offshore. The channel between this shoal and Plate point is 

 about 200 yards in width, and rocks border the shore immediately 

 northwestward of Plate point. The anchorage, in 10 fathoms of 

 water, is about 600 yards inside of the entrance, where the cove has a 

 width of 265 yards. 



The coast from Orange bay trends south-southwestward, and it 

 consists of high cliffs, wooded in places. Big cove, 3^ miles from 

 Orange bay, is a bight with a conspicuous waterfall ; and Devil point 

 (locallj^ Eastern head) at 2^ miles farther south-southwestward, is a 

 rounded, projecting headland. 10.5 feet high, and covered with scrub. 



Union cove (Petites Vaches) , running northwestward of Devil 

 point, is I mile in extent and, though open southeastward, contains 

 at its head excellent shelter and good anchorage for small vessels, 

 but in an area so limited that it is necessary to moor. 



The shores of the cove are high, wooded, and steep-to, and there 

 are no shoals. There is a small fishing settlement at the head of 

 this cove, but it is usually deserted in Aviiiter^ when the inhabitants 

 resort to winter houses in Little Harbor deep. 



The coast of a high wooded headland, which rises in slopes, con- 

 tinues south-southwestward about 1 mile from Union cove to Grand- 

 father head, the northern entrance point of Little Harbor deep. 



Grandfather rock (Granfers) comprises two rocks, 6 feet high, 

 lying 000 yards eastward of Grandfather liead. Shoal water extends 

 about 100 yards from Grandfatlier rock, leaving a good passage 

 between it and the mainland. 



