LITTLE SHELLBIRD BIGHT TOM COD EOCK. 439 



Shoal. — A shoal patch, with 15 feet water over it, lies 150 yards 

 off the northwestern shore of Little bay, in a position bearing 215°, 

 distant 1,550 yards from the southwestern end of Otter island. 



Little Shellbird bight, the first deep bend on the southeastern 

 shore of Little bay, is barred in its western approach by a shoal con- 

 necting the southwestern entrance point with Grassy islet and Little 

 Shellbird island, Avhich lies 1,900 yards southwestward of Otter 

 island; and a shoal, with 15 feet water over it, extends southeastward 

 150 yards from Little Shellbird island, leaving a passage of that 

 breadth between it and the southeastern shore of Little bay. 



Shellbird bight, southward of Shellbird island, which is situated 

 ^ mile southwestward of Little Shellbird island, affords anchorage 

 for small vessels in 7 to 8 fathoms water ; it is entered from the west- 

 ward, because a bar, with 16 feet water over it, connects the eastern 

 side of the island with the mainland. 



Shoal harbor is on the southern shore at ^ mile west-southwest- 

 ward of Shellbird island, where therei is a mine ; two islets, 35 and 70 

 feet high, respectively, form the western side of its entrance, in which 

 there is a depth of 6 feet Avater ; a rock that uncovers lies in the mid- 

 dle, and other rocks lie close northeastward of the entrance. 



Little bay decreases in width to 200 yards at 1,200 yards within 

 Shoal harbor and 1 mile from the head, and the available channel 

 is still further narrowed to 100 yards by a shoal extending from the 

 southeastern shore. 



Anchorage may be obtained by small vessels at the head of the 

 bay, in Northeast bottom, in 5 fathoms, or in Southeast bottom, in 9 

 fathoms of water. 



Ice. — Little bay usually freezes between January 1 and 20, and is 

 completely blocked with ice about 2 feet thick, but it is sometimes 

 open in winter; the ice generally clears early in May; navigation has 

 been closed as late as June 9. Field ice appears about January 10, 

 and leaves early in May. The last vessel generally leaves early in 

 January, and the first vessel arrives early in Mux. 



Bay. — From between the northeastern end of Otter island and 

 Beaver Cove head, at 1^% miles eastw^ard, a bay extends soutliM^ard 

 l^Q miles. 



Rock. — A rock Avith 13 feet of water over it lies 150 yards off the 

 eastern coast of Otter island at 700 yards southward of its north- 

 eastern point. 



Tom Cod rock, a small pinnacle that dries 3 feet at low water, 

 bears 123°, distant 1,150 yards from the northeastern point of Otter 

 island. A rock with 12 feet of w;ater over it is situated 100 yards 

 w^estward of Tom Cod rock. 



Leading mark, — The apparent northwestern side of Little bay in 

 line with its eastern entrance point, bearing 232°, leads northwest- 



