474 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



The coast from Woody island trends east-northeastward about 

 800 yards to Bagg head, and thence for If miles in a general easterly 

 direction to Western head of Fortune harbor. Several patches, with 

 9 to 20 fathoms water over them and deeper water around, lie w^ithin 

 1^ miles of the land between New Bay head and We.stern head of 

 Fortune harbor. 



fortune harbor, a land-locked anchorage, is entered both east- 

 ward and w^estward of Sweeny island. The passage to the eastward 

 of the island is only 30 yards wide and has a depth of 12 feet at low 

 water. The western entrance is suitable for large vessels; if under 

 sail, a commanding breeze is necessar3^ but the turns are sharp, the 

 wind is often baffling in the approach, and the squalls are heavy, 

 particularly with w esterly winds. 



Western head is a steep blulf, with a rocky pinnacle at the end, 

 and bold-to. The land behind it rises in a long bare ridge, wooded 

 on the slopes, to a sharp summit, 555 feet high, surmounted by a 

 cairn, at 800 yards southwestw^ard of the head. 



Western Head rock, bearing 20°, distant 350 yards from Western 

 head, has 12 feet water over it and is the summit of a bank extending 

 350 yards in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction, with a width 

 of nearly 200 yards. The sea breaks heavily on all of the bank in 

 gales, and the passage. 250 yards wide, between it and Western head 

 must not then be taken, but in ordinary weather it is navigable. The 

 southern fall of the cliffs of Upper Caplin Cove point, open north- 

 ward of Gull island, bearing 96°, leads northward; and the eastern 

 entrance to Fortune harbor, open eastward of Bellens point, bearing 

 184°, leads eastward of the bank. 



Light. — A white circular iron tower, 18 feet high, on the western 

 side of the entrance to Fortune harbor, exhibits at 114 feet above 

 high water, a fixed white light, which should be seen from a distance 

 of 11 miles in clear weather. 



A white dwelling and store stand a short distance in rear of the 

 tower. 



Button island lies southward 200 yards from Sweeny island, and 

 it is connected with the western shore of the harbor. 



Northwest arm extends w^est-northwestw^ard, 2 miles within the 

 southeastern point of Button island; its channel is only about 100 

 yards in width in places, but small vessels enter it with the plan. 



Southeast arm. extends south-southeastward 1^ miles within But- 

 ton island, and it affords anchorage for large vessels. 



A small cove, with a wdiarf and several stages in it, is situated on 

 the eastern shore of this arm southeastward from Button island, and 

 on the rising ground, eastward of the cove, is the white church. 



Directions. — To enter Fortune harbor from the westward, observe 

 the clearing marks for Western Head rock, and when the eastern 



