478 CAPE ST, JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



shore at 300 yards within the entrance, leaving a narrow passage, with 

 a depth of 19 feet water, between it and the shoal water in Butt cove, 

 the southern bight in the western shore. 



This channel should not be attempted without local knowledge, but 

 there is temporary anchorage in the entrance in 9 to 16 fathoms 

 water. 



Lower and Upper harbors are connected by a passage 20 yards 

 wide, with a depth of 6 feet in it at low water. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Exploits Burnt Island 

 harbors at 7h. ITm. ; springs rise 4^ feet, neaps 2^ feet; neaps range 

 1^ feet. 



Settlement. — There is a large settlement around Exploits Burnt 

 Island harbors, and small supplies may be obtained. Water can gen- 

 erally be procured from Butt cove. 



Ice. — Exploits Burnt Island harbors generally freeze about Janu- 

 ary 1 and are completely blocked with ice between February 1 and 

 April 1. but between April 1 and May 20 they are open at intervals. 

 Field ice appears between the middle and end of January and dis- 

 appears between jVIay 1 and 20. between which dates the first vessel 

 generally arrives. The last sailing vessel leaves about December 15. 



Nanny Hole rock, with 9 feet water over it, bears 313°, distant 

 200 yards from Nanny Hole head, the northwestern point of the 

 eastern island, which is situated eastward 1,400 yards from the en- 

 trance of Lower harbor, and is a precipitous bluff rising to a bare 

 round hill 340 feet high. 



High Gull island rises in light gray cliffs to a flat summit 122 

 feet high, and is situated ^ mile northeastward of Nanny Hole head 

 and northwestward of Gull Island bight, a rugged bay with a few 

 houses around a cove in its southern part. 



Two rocks are situated northwestward of High Gull island, the 

 northern, with 3 feet water over it, being distant 200 yards. 



Sloop run, the passage eastward of the eastern Exploits Burnt 

 island and between it and Black island, is 1^ miles wide. The follow- 

 ing islands lie in the run : 



Fish island, bearing 134°, distant IjV miles from Long point, the 

 northeastern end of Exploits Burnt islands, is 250 yards long, north- 

 ward and southward, 100 yards wide and 44 feet high. Tarpaulin 

 island, bearing 102°. distant 900 yards from Fish island, is 300 yards 

 long, northeastward and southwestward, nearly 200 yards wide and 

 58 feet high. Double islet, consisting of two rocks close together, 

 the higher being 51 feet high, bears 162°, distant 400 yards from 

 Fish island; bearing 130°, distant 600 yards from this islet is Black 

 rock, small and 12 feet high, and bearing 250°, distant 100 yards 

 from Black rock is a shoal, rather over 200 yards long, north-north- 

 eastward and south-southwestward, the highest part of which covers 



