464 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



There is anchorage in the channel between Burnt and Cull islands 

 in 12 to 15 fathoms water, sand bottom, sheltered except from north- 

 easterly winds. 



Thomas Rowsell island, about ]- mile across, and 121 feet high, 

 is separated from the Avestern end of Burnt island by a passage 100 

 yards wide, with 4 fathoms water in it, which may be taken by 

 keeping close to the coast of Burnt island. The passage between 

 Thomas Rowsell island and the Avestern end of Cull island is 800 

 yards wide and there are an islet and several shoals in it. 



Cull island is Ij^ miles long in an easterh^ and westerly direction, 

 and about 300 yards in width, except at its eastern part, where it is 

 1,200 yards; a wooded ridge, 197 feet high, extends along its western 

 part; Bear head, its northeastern end, rises in dark perpendicular 

 cliffs to the height of 205 feet. 



A conspicuous Avooded projection, 85 feet high, surmounted by a 

 flagstaff, is situated in the middle of the southern coast of Cull island, 

 separating a small boat coac to the AA^estAA^ard, from ^Mooring coA^e to 

 the eastAA'ard. 



Snuill A'essels anchor off Mooring cove, in 13 fathoms Avater, close 

 to the shore, and larger A'essels in 18 to 20 fathoms; in fine Aveather 

 small A'essels occasionally anchor soutliAvard of the channel betAveen 

 Cull and Thomas RoAvsell islands in 12 fathoms Avater. 



A bar Avith 11 feet Avater over it, extends from the southern end of 

 Cull island to the mainland, from Avhich it is distant ()5 yards. 



The Ladle, a square rock 28 feet high, stands on a beach of shingle 

 on the mainland just eastward of the bar. 



Butler cove, 800 yards eastAvard of the Ladle, affords anchorage 

 for small vessels during fine Aveather, in 12 fathoms Avater at 200 

 yards from the shore, but the anchorage is unsafe Avith the heaA^y 

 sea that rolls in during northerly gales. A beach of shingle, 350 

 yards long, forms the head, and seA^eral houses in the midst of green 

 fields surround this cove. 



Alcock island, 400 yards eastAvard of Cull island, is Ij^ miles 

 long, in an east -northeasterly and Avest-southAvesterly direction, about 

 4 mile in Avidth, and 326 feet high; it is densely Avooded, and aj^par- 

 ently flat, but there are in reality several ranges of hills on it. 



In the channel betAveen Cull and Alcock islands, bearing 247°, dis- 

 tant 250 yards from the nortliAvestern point of the Avestern end of 

 Alcock island, there is a shoal of 3 fathoms; North Tickle bank, a 

 ])atch Avith 5^ fathoms AA^ater over it. bears 324^. distant 650 yards 

 from the same point. 



A small projection. 44 feet liigh. is situated near the middle of the 

 southern coast of Alcock island, and is only 150 yards distant from 

 the mainland to the soutliAvard. The channel betAveen has a depth 

 of 5^ to fathoms Avater. 



