440 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



ward of Tom Cod rock and between it and the rock lying off the east 

 coast of Otter Island. 



Little Ward harbor extends west-southwestward 800 yards" from 

 the head of the bay between Otter island and Beaver Cove head and 

 is 350 yards wide, but has only 13 feet of water in the entrance, and 

 the anchoragre is not available for vessels drawing more than 10 feet 

 of water. 



Beaver Cove rock, lying west-southwestward nearly 200 yards 

 from Beaver Cove head, has 15 feet of water over it. 



The coast from Beaver Cove head trends eastward for Ij^^ miles 

 to Hall Bay head, the northwestern entrance point of Hall bay. Little 

 Bay island lies northeastward lyV miles from Hall Bay head, and the 

 following-described islands and shoals lie in the channel between 

 them : 



Grassy island, which bears 345°, distant 600 yards from Hall Bay 

 head, is 39 feet high. At 100 yards northward of Grassy island is 

 Tub islet. These islands are situated on a bank with 1^ to 2^ fath- 

 oms of water over it, extending 100 yards northward and southward 

 from them. A patch of 2 fathoms bears 138°, distant 400 yards from 

 Grassy island, and there is a channel with 7 to 9 fathoms of water in 

 it between them. 



Fox islands are two islands 100 yards apart in an easterly and west- 

 erly direction, 50 and 65 feet high, respectively. The western island 

 lies 1,700 yards northward from Hall Bay head. There is a rock with 

 less than 6 feet water over it in the channel between these islands. 



Red island, 58 feet high, is 500 yards south-southeastward of Fox 

 islands, and there is a depth of 7 to 8 fathoms in the channel between 

 them. A shoal spit extends southward 350 yards from Red island, 

 and on the spit, near its southern end, is Compton rock, which is 

 awash at low water. Copper island, 159 feet high, lies east-south- 

 eastward 800 yards from Red island. Merab ledge, with 3 fathoms of 

 water over it, bears 349°. distant 200 yards from the northern ex- 

 tremity of Copper island, and a patch with 3| fathoms of water over 

 it bears 165°, distant 350 yards from Copper island. 



Little Bay island is 2j-q miles long in a northerly and southerly 

 directio'n and about 1^^ miles broad ; it contains two good harbors for 

 small vessels. 



Suleyann cove is on the southern side of the island between Iron 

 and Hynes points, which bear west-northwestward and east-south- 

 eastward, distant about 1,600 yards from each other. A beach of 

 shingle lines the shore of the cove, inside which is a small settlement 

 containing several conspicuous white houses. 



Some yellow rocks, the highest of which is 1 foot high, lie off the 

 southeastern point of Suleyann cove, and foul ground extends south- 

 eastward and westward 200 yards from them. The summit of Little 



