SHOE COVE TILT COVE. 425 



Shoe cove is an open bight 1 mile wide and 600 yards deep, which 

 affords anchorage in 11 to 14 fathoms of water. A moderate north- 

 westerly gale has been ridden out comfortably at this anchorage 

 when it was impossible to remain at Tilt cove. ]Monks ground is a 

 ledge extending a little more than 200 yards off the western side of 

 the cove, with 2^ fathoms of water over it. Several landslips mark 

 the hills around this cove and show conspicuously on northerly 

 bearings. 



Tliere is a small settlement at the cove. 



Water maj'' be obtained from the Brook, a small creek, which 

 flows into the northwestern part of Shoe cove. 



Coiniiiunication. — The steamer on the Xotre Dame bay route 

 from Burnt bay calls at Shoe cove weekly in summer and autunm. 



Shoe Cove rock, bearing 244°. distant ^ mile from Shoe Cove 

 point, has S feet of water over it. 



Clearing marks. — Bishop rock, well open southward of the main- 

 land, bearing 64°, leads southeastward; and the summit of Round 

 Harbor head in line witli Caplin Cove head, bearing 227°, leads north- 

 westward of this rock. 



Rocks. — Tilly ledge, bearing 308°, distant 533 yards from Shoe 

 Cove rock, has 6^ fathoms of least water over it; and Caplin Cove 

 'rock, bearing 238°, distant 600 yards from Shoe Cove rock, has 7 

 fathoms over it. 



Lather ledge, bearing 200°, distant 1.600 yards from Shoe Cove 

 point, is a patch with 18 fathoms of water over it ; and Foggy ledge, 

 bearing 207°, distant 1,900 yards from the same point, is a patch 

 with 14 fathoms of water over it. 



The shore from Shoe cove trends southwestward, forming several 

 coves, for 3 miles to Tilt cove; it is fairly steep-to. Beaver cove 

 grounds, a patch with 9 fathoms of water over it, lies 400 yards off- 

 shore at 2y*o miles southwestward of Shoe Cove point, and at 600 yards 

 farther south-southwestward are Middle ground, with 18 fathoms 

 water over it, at 600 yards offshore ; and Mother Howe bank, with 16 

 fathoms of water over it, at 900 yards offshore. 



The bay off Tilt cove is reported to have depths of not less than 

 28 fathoms. Its shores are steep-to, and, as the holding ground is 

 bad, it is recommended that vessels having to communicate with the 

 cove should remain under way. 



Tilt cove extends 265 yards northward with a width of about 400 

 feet. A pier extends 186 feet from its western shore, with a depth 

 of 28 feet at low water close to the outer end; the sea occasionally 

 washes completely over this pier, but in ordinary summer weather 

 vessels lie alongside in safety. An anchor should be let go in 9 

 fathoms of water, at a convenient distance from the pier, and then the 

 vessel mav be hauled alongside by hawsers secured to large ring bolts 



