446 CAPE ST, JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



trance point to Roberts arm, is a rock with 7 feet water over it. These 

 shoals can usually be seen when the sun is in a favorable direction. 



Directly outside the entrance to Roberts arm there is a small, 

 wooded islet, 15 feet high; its northern side is clear, but between it 

 and the shore there are some rocks which dry. 



Bearing 233°, distant 250 yards from this islet and in the fairway 

 of the entrance, there is a patch of rocks, the top of which dries 1 

 foot, but shoal water extends from this a little toward the northwest- 

 ern shore'. Immediately inside the inner northern entrance point and 

 nearly 100 j^ards fi'om the shore, is a small rock which dries 1 foot 

 at low water. 



Directions. — Pass about ^ mile westward of Hay wards Gull island, 

 steer soutliAvard and bring the end of Harbor islet just open of the 

 northern inner entrance point bearing 245°, which mark leads to the 

 islet outside the entrance. When near this islet sheer over toward 

 the northern shore; pass very close to the bluff forming that side of 

 the entrance; then steer a little toward the sawmill to clear the rock 

 inside the inner northwestern entrance point, and anchor as con- 

 venient. Large vessels must moor. 



The coast eastward of Roberts arm is bold and forms three small 

 coves, of which Tilley cove, the easternmost, is the largest. There is 

 a house at the head of Tilley cove. 



Flat Rock tickle is the channel forming the western approach to 

 Pilley Island harbor. It is about 1;^ miles long and nearly ^ mile 

 wide, but the navigable channel between Flat rock and Kelly head 

 is less than 100 yards in width. Flat rock lies 800 yards within the 

 entrance to the channel ; its western part is 2 feet high and is almost 

 steep-to, but a patch of rocks and foul ground extends eastward 

 from it for a distance of 250 yards. 



The southern shore opposite Kelly head is foul for 200 ^^ards, and 

 here there are some patches of rocks which dry; therefore vessels 

 should not attempt the passage southwestward of I'lat rock. 



Northeastward of Flat rock and across the mouth of Kellj^ cove 

 there is a rock which is awash at low water, but this is usually visible. 

 Off the rounded point on the northern side of the channel, which is 

 situated east-southeastward, nearly 600 yards from Flat rock, shoals 

 extend for 150 yards, and between these and the eastern end of Flat 

 Rock shoal is the most difficult part of the passage. With the excep- 

 tion of the foul ground fringing the shores and the islets on the 

 southern side there are no other shoals. 



Directions. — From the westward keep along the coast of Pilley 

 island and Avhen Flat rock opens steer to pass midway between 

 it and the land, observing that during an east-going stream at spring 

 tides there is likely to be a set toward Kellv cove. 



