400 CAPE BAULD TO CAPE ST. JOHN. 



Little Harbor deep { Grandes Yaches) entrance is between Grand- 

 father head and Little Harbor Deep head, which bear northward 

 and southward, distant 1,600 j^ards from each other, and the arm 

 extends west-northwestward for 1^ miles to Net point, where it turns 

 west-southwestward and continues for f mile to the mouth of a con- 

 siderable stream. This last bend of the arm is filled with an extensive 

 shallow flat of sand and mud, on which and also at the mouth of the 

 stream are man}- bowlders. 



A few fishermen's huts and stages stand on the northern shore 

 opposite Net point, and farther up. behind a sandy beach, are the 

 houses occupied by these fishermen and by those who come from 

 Union cove in winter. 



Shoals. — In the entrance to Little Harbor deep there are several 

 detached patches with dej)ths of 7 to 10 fathoms. Outside of these 

 the water deepens to 30 fathoms, and beyond this depth some patches 

 of 14 to 20 fathoms front the coast at a distance of f mile. 



Middle ground is a small rocky head of 4 fathoms, situated on 

 one of the above patches, bearing 43°, distant 950 yards from Little 

 Harbor Deep head. 



Ancliorag'e. — Though open eastward, there is fairly good anchor- 

 age in Little Harbor deep in 11 to 14 fathoms, with Net point bear- 

 ing between southwestward and west-southwestward and with the 

 northeastern shore distant between 250 and 450 yards. During east- 

 erl}^ gales, which throw the heaviest sea on to this coast, this position 

 is sheltered and but little swell rolls in. 



Little Harbor Deep head is a bare rocky headland. A rock, 

 bearing 109°, at a distance of 200 yards from its end, has 18 feet of 

 water over it. 



White bay, the entrance to which is between Little Harbor Deep 

 head and Partridge point, Avhich lies 15 miles to the east-southeast- 

 ward, extends south-southwestward for 44 miles, gradually diminish- 

 ing in width toward its head. 



The shores are generally high, rising in steep slopes from the sea, 

 and are densely wooded with spruce, birch, and maple. Several arms 

 and inlets in the bay are easy of access and afford good shelter. 

 White bay is deep, and," excepting Dossenger rock, there are no off- 

 lying shoals affecting navigation. There are small settlements, the 

 inhabitants of which make a scanty living by fishing in most of the 

 harbors, but, as during the past few years the cod fishery has almost 

 failed, these fishermen are. as a rule, in a condition of poverty. A 

 sawmill, worked by water power, has been erected in Sops arms, and 

 a considerable trade in timber is expected in that locality. 



Ice. — White bay generally freezes over toward the end of Decem- 

 ber and remains so. or is obstructed by field ice and bergs, until April 

 or May, but frequently there are bergs in it until July. In 1903 the 



