JACKSOKS ARM THE NARROWS. 405 



Jacksons arm. — The entrance to this arm is between Eastern 

 head and Western head, which are ^ mile apart, in a northerly and 

 southerly direction. Eastern head is a round-topped limestone hill, 

 and Western head is less thickly wooded than the land to the south- 

 ward. Immediately inside, the arm expands to a width of i mile for 

 a distance of 1,400 yards, and there are two small coves, named Wicks 

 cove and Schooner cove, with several houses and jetties around their 

 shores, on its northern side. Westward of this the arm contracts to 

 a width of 300 yards, forming the narrows, ^ mile in length, after 

 passing which it opens out into a second though a much smaller basin. 

 Beyond this it again contracts to 150 yards for a short distance, and 

 finally expands into an oval basin, about 400 yards in length and 350 

 yards in width, known as the Bottom. 



The shores all around Jacksons arm are thickly wooded, and the 

 locality is said to contain some of the finest timber in White bay. 



That portion of the harbor outside the narrows is clear of shoals, 

 and it affords anchorage off either of the two coves above mentioned, 

 preference being usually given to Schooner cove, the western one ; but 

 during strong easterly winds a good deal of sea reaches in here, and 

 it is therefore better, if intending to remain, to proceed through the 

 narrows to the anchorage off Clay cove. 



Light. — A fixed white light is exhibited from a white framework 

 on the southern end of Eastern head of Jacksons arm from June to 

 January, and it should be seen from a distance of 6 miles in clear 

 weather. 



The narrows. — From the southern shore of the narrows, some 

 clusters of rocks, with 1 to 15 feet water over them, extend a little 

 more than halfway across, leaving a channel about 250 feet wide, and 

 carrying 7 to 8 fathoms, close along the northern shore. 



Beacon. — A white triangular beacon, among the trees on the slope 

 at the head of the arm, in line with the southern point of the inner 

 narrows, bearing 280°, leads through this channel. 



Inner narrows. — The inner narrows are clear of shoals and deep 

 in mid-channel. 



Anchorag-e. — There is anchorage in the Bottom, at the head of 

 the arm, in 11 to 12 fathoms, mud bottom, or in about the same depth 

 off Clay cove; at either place the squalls off the surrounding hills 

 during strong winds are very violent. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at Jacksons arm at 

 7h. Om. ; springs rise 4| feet, neaps 2| feet. 



Settlement. — There are a post-office and school at Wicks cove in 

 the outer basin. 



Communication is made by mail carrier from Wicks cove to 

 Western cove, situated on the opposite side of White bay, and thence 

 to Coachman harbor, bv wav of Seal arm and bav Verte. 



