488 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



Northern arm is a bight about 1^ miles deep and one mile wide, 

 situated nearly 5 miles southwestward of Philip head. Muddj^ Hole 

 brook falls into its western part. Shoal water extends from 300 to 

 600 yards off the shores of the arm, and a rocky spit, with 3 feet least 

 water over it, runs northeastward into the arm from Evans point, the 

 northern entrance point of Muddy Hole brook. The depth of water 

 in the arm is otherwise from 10 to 6 fathoms, but its head is shoal. 



The shore from Northern Arm point, the southern entrance point 

 of the arm, trends southeastward for 1 mile to Mill point and is 

 occupied by cottages and patches of cultivation. 



Killick island lies 300 yards offshore on the edge of a shallow 

 flat extending off' the land between Northern arm and Mill points. 

 It is small and 35 feet high, but it shows well, as the dark spruce 

 trees with which it is covered contrast strongly with the cleared and 

 burnt land southwestward of it. 



Shoal. — A shoal patch, with 5| fathoms water over it, lies in the 

 middle of the channel, bearing 84°, distant 1.200 3'ards from Killick 

 island. 



Mill point is Ioav and sloping and there are some houses on it. 



Peter arm, a bight lying southwestward of Mill point, is about 

 1^ miles deep with a breadth of 1,400 yards; the depth of water in 

 it is from 15 to 5 fathoms, but within 1,600 yards of its head there is 

 a flat, the inner part of which dries at low water. A small stream 

 which runs into the head of the arm is dammed a few miles above 

 its mouth for the purpose of driving logs cut during winter in the 

 surrounding forests, and a large boom for confining them occupies 

 the southern part of the head of the arm. There are numerous 

 houses around the shores of the arm, and "a road, following the shore, 

 connects Northern and Peter arms. 



At 600 yards southwestward of Mill point is a sawmill, the build- 

 ings and chimney of which are conspicuous. 



Wharves. — Near the mill there are two Avharves, the southwestern 

 one being used by large vessels, while the other is small and used 

 chiefly by schooners and craft engaged in the local trade. The depth 

 alongside the southwestern wharf is 15 to 22 feet, but the ground 

 slopes off steeply and at a few yards from the wharf the water is 

 much deeper. 



Anchorage. — The best anchorage is a little south-southeastward 

 of the southwestern wharf in about 15 fathoms, mud bottom. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Peter arm at 7 h. 

 25 m. ; springs rise 4^ feet, neaps 2f feet ; neaps range 1;^ feet. 



Botwoodville, the settlement around Peter arm, has a population 

 of 400 to 500 persons, the male members of which are employed in 

 the sawmill worked by the Exploits Lumber Company. 



