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its shores. Small vessels were occasionally built here, but the saw- 

 mill was abandoned in 1901 for a more favorable site. 



The group of islets off this cove extends to the flat which occupies 

 the head of the bay. Between them there are several rocky patches, 

 and bearing 28°, distant 350 and 550 yards from the northern end of 

 the largest islet, there are two rocks with 2 feet of water over each 

 of them. 



Anchorage can be obtained in 19 to 21 fathoms, good holding 

 ground, off the entrance to Mill cove, with some shelter close to the 

 western shore, which must be kept close on board when approaching 

 the anchorage to clear the two rocks which lie north-northeastward of 

 the largest island. 



The eastern shore of Seal bay, like the western, rises in thickly 

 Avooded hills nearly 500 feet. It is broken into several small coves 

 and is generally free from shoals, but there is no sheltered anchorage, 

 except for small vessels. 



Lockport is a small harbor formed by a bight inside of an island 

 on the eastern side of Seal bay. It is easy of access and sheltered, 

 but, owing to rock3' patches, the space available for anchorage is very 

 limited, and the harbor is only fit for small vessels. A small rock, 

 with 3 fathoms water over it, lies in the middle of the harbor. 



The entrance is round the southern end of the island, which must 

 be kept aboard, and when within the rocky spit extending about 

 200 yards northward from the southern shore of the harbor, anchor 

 off a small bight in the island in about 7 to 9 fathoms. 



The channel between the eastern side of the island and the main- 

 land is shallow and rocky. 



A few families live here, and a copper mine has been worked in 

 the hills on the eastern side of the harbor. 



Thimble head, conspicuous and cliffy, is the southeastern en- 

 trance point of Seal bay. The summit of the head is densely wooded, 

 and the land gradually falls to the eastward and terminates in 

 Thimble Tickle head, a rocky point, 62 feet high, which at high water 

 is almost an island. The Avater is deep close to this coast. 



Bays. — From Thimble Tickle head the shore bends sharply to the 

 southward for ly^ miles where a promontory, extending northward 

 800 yards, forms two small and shallow bights. From the head of 

 the eastern of these bights, a promontory extends northeastward lyV 

 miles eastward of which the shore trends north-northeastward 1| 

 miles to Cumlins head. Glover harbor, and the channel leading to it, 

 lie between. 



Across the entrance to these bays there are three islands and several 

 dry rocks surrounded by patches of foul ground, the passages between 

 which are known as Thimble tickles. Inside these are sheltered 



